After failing to make it to a vote in last year’s Council session, the bill, introduced by Brooklyn Councilman Chi Osse, sailed through the chamber in a 42-8 vote on Wednesday afternoon. It was not immediately clear if Adams’ concerns about the bill ...

Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers.

New York is one of the few cities where tenants paid broker fees instead of landlords. Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from the city’s real estate lobby.