It’s odd how little credit Mayor Eric Adams gets for his relentless, steady and successful drive to get more housing, including more affordable homes, built in New York City.

In under four years, he’s arguably done more than his predecessors achieved in the previous two decades , winning changes that will make a huge difference in the long term rather than offering empty promises of instant miracles.

The latest: The City Council just OK’d Adams’ plan to rezone Midtown South, opening the door for nearly 10,000 new housing units, 2,800 of them affordable, in an area that was largely zoned for (outdated) industrial uses.

Some of those units will come from converting commercial space to residential, an obvious next step for older, vacant office buildings.

All told, Adams’ rezoning push

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