Bronx officials have formally rejected Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to change zoning laws to help build 80,000 units of housing in the city, dealing a blow to the de Blasio Administration’s signature policy initiative.

The unanimous 0-19 vote against de Blasio’s Housing New York proposal happened at the Nov. 19 Bronx Borough Board, a body made up of a cadre of chairs and district managers of community boards and the borough’s New York City Council Delegation.

“I vote in the negative,” said Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., saying “one size does not fit all.”

The $41 billion plan looks to create 80,000 units of affordable housing across the city through via Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would permanently keep affordable units affordable. The affordable unit rents are guided by the Area Median Income, which determines how cheap rents are. The proposal will also rehab an additional 120,000 units of existing affordable housing.

South Bronx Council Member and Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, was the sole legislator to abstain. Councilman Andrew Cohen, representing the 11th Council District that covers Norwood, voted against the plan via his representative. Adaline Walker-Santiago, chair of Community Board 7, which covers Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Fordham, and University Heights, also rejected it. Community Board 7 had voted the housing plan down at its Nov. 17 general board meeting. The Board cited its concern for a provision in the Zoning for Quality & Affordability proposal that would eliminate a parking requirement for new housing. Members argued the amendment can make the search for public parking extremely difficult given the current squeeze in neighborhoods such Norwood and Bedford Park.

The advisory vote, part of the public review process, came shortly after officials with the New York City Department of City Planning, made a brief presentation, warning that the Bronx population, particularly the borough’s senior population will increase in the next few decades. This demographic shift, they warned, will merit more housing.

Shortly after the vote, DCP officials quietly left the room. Bronx Commissioner for the Department of City Planning, Carol Samol, acknowledged this is part of the process, which now goes to the City Planning Commission for a recommendation.

With Bronx Council members voting against the plan, this sets up contentious friction between Council Members and de Blasio.