Groups Make Last Ditch Attempt to Stop NYC From Developing Park

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to move ahead with plans to sell the space that Elizabeth Street Garden currently occupies to a developer with plans to build a housing complex for senior and homeless citizens has spurred a last-ditch effort to save the park, with celebrities writing open letters to the mayor. The city has not backed down in the face of stepped-up grassroots pressure. If the park, located in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood, is demolished next week as scheduled, a seven-story housing complex will replace it, featuring at least 6,700 square feet of space and 123 units for senior residents, 50 of which will go to homeless seniors....