New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city will no longer move forward with a Bill de Blasio-era plan he previously supported. The plan would've impacted about 250,000 retired municipal workers. Retirees had said the plan would've limited their access to higher cost providers.

Marianne Pizzitola, president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees, which was founded to oppose the Medicare Advantage plan, was in disbelief after hearing about the mayor’s change of heart Friday. “I truly do hope this is true,” the former FDNY employee said. “The mayor always said he would land this plane.”

After years of legal battles, Mayor Adams’ administration got a green light from New York’s highest court Wednesday to shift hundreds of thousands of retired municipal workers into a