‘City of No?’ Mayor Adams plan to NYC boost economy under fire by City Council

Mayor Eric Adams wants the Big Apple to become the “City of Yes” but he’s facing plenty of No’s.

Many left- and right-wing members of the City Council expressed serious concerns this week over Adams’ “City of Yes for Economic Opportunity” proposal aimed at boosting business and job growth by overhauling more than 60-year-old zoning regulations.

The sticking points among council members include Adams’ push to allow bodegas and other businesses to open on residential corners, and a bid to allow barber shops, pharmacies, ad agencies and other lines of work on the upper floors of mixed-use buildings above apartments – provided they have separate entrances.

Council members also fear the city doesn’t have enough staff to enforce the new rules, and that the changes would let more illegal marijuana businesses and other rogue shops pop up. However, Planning Director Dan Garodnick and officials pushing the plan say it would ease workloads by clarifying “outdated” rules.

Some council members — including Queens Democrat Robert Holden and Bronx Republican Kristy Marmorato — have publicly said they plan to reject the plan as-is. However, the consensus among more than a dozen members informally polled by The Post is the Council will likely approve it by the end of May — provided the Adams administration agrees to significantly modify, and in some places gut, parts of the proposal.

During a hearing on the proposal Monday, Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) said New Yorkers who purchased homes in quiet residential neighborhoods weren’t banking on the additional traffic and other bustling activity the plan could bring.