""unequivocally and permanently" designated "to public use as parkland,""
""It is no surprise that Mayor Adams is using his final weeks and months to cement a legacy of dysfunction and inconsistency,""
""And the actions that the Adams administration has taken now make it nearly impossible to follow through with that""
The one-acre Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita is overseen by executive director Joseph Reiver, who assumed management in 1991 after his father converted an abandoned lot into an outdoor gallery. Mayor Eric Adams previously sought to evict the garden's nonprofit tenant and replace the site with housing but abandoned that development plan in June after significant public opposition and celebrity-backed rallies. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani pledged to pursue affordable housing on the lot, but a November 3 letter from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services designated the plot unequivocally and permanently to public use as parkland. Any housing effort now requires state legislative approval, and Mamdani said he will work with the Legislature on his affordability agenda.
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