The Elizabeth Street Garden, a beloved green space in New York City, has been officially preserved following an agreement between Mayor Eric Adams' administration and local Councilman Christopher Marte. This deal entails abandoning a proposed affordable housing project and instead focuses on rezoning other sites to create more housing units in the area. The garden, which has served the community for 20 years, became a focal point in debates over urban development, drawing strong support from notable figures and the public, who rallied on social media for its preservation.
Former deputy mayor Alicia Glen, who served in the role from 2015 to 2019, called the new agreement "ludicrous for a variety of reasons", pointing out that the rezoning process was not, in fact, set in stone.
The fate of Elizabeth Street Garden, a city-owned lot nestled between Elizabeth, Mott, Prince and Spring streets, has become a lightning rod issue for New Yorkers, attracting attention from celebrity defenders like Robert De Niro and Patti Smith.
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