The New York City mayoral election is eating up much of the attention as it gets closer to Election Day, but there’s another important battle playing out in the background: the fate of ballot proposals that could reshape the city’s ability to build housing.

There will be six proposals on the New York City ballot this fall, five of which were crafted by a Charter Revision Commission convened by Mayor Eric Adams. A firestorm has erupted around three of those in particular, furthering the divide between the Adams administration and the City Council, in addition to forging some uncommon alliances. Arguing that the proposals’ language was misleading, the City Council sought to get the Board of Elections to take the measures off the ballot last month, but after that failed, leadership bega

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