{"id":37714,"date":"2025-11-12T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/37714\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:46:12","slug":"eric-adams-makes-last-ditch-bid-to-save-elizabeth-street-garden-that-zohran-mamdani-wants-to-evict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/37714\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams makes last-ditch bid to save Elizabeth Street Garden that Zohran Mamdani wants to evict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elizabeth Street Garden could be seeing greener pastures \u2013 as an official city park.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 administration is making a last-ditch bid to save\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/02\/us-news\/elizabeth-street-garden-that-robert-de-niro-rallied-to-save-slapped-with-eviction-notice-and-told-it-has-14-days-to-pack-up\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the SoHo sculpture garden<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 by designating it as official city parkland \u2014 before the incoming Zohran Mamdani administration takes over, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>An inside look at the celeb-loved Elizabeth Street Garden in Manhattan. Stephen Yang for the New York Post<\/p>\n<p> Stephen Yang for the New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The designation was cemented in a Nov. 3 letter from Adams\u2019 Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Louis Molina,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/mayor-adams-aims-to-save-elizabeth-street-garden-by-making-it-official-nyc-park\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gothamist first reported<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, the mayor-elect who takes office on Jan. 1, has promised in multiple interviews that he would move forward with evicting the beloved greenspace within his first year in office, in order to make way for an affordable housing development.<\/p>\n<p>The move from the Adams administration is the latest salvo in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/15\/opinion\/mayor-adams-perverse-plan-to-destroy-the-elizabeth-street-garden-paradise-for-123-housing-units\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the decade-plus battle<\/a>\u00a0over the private garden, which sits on city-leased land.<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing fight over the space has resulted in celebrities like Robert De Niro and Patti Smith\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/31\/us-news\/nyc-seniors-pen-last-ditch-plea-to-save-beloved-elizabeth-street-garden\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">championing the effort<\/a>, as well as thousands of letters to the city from seniors, students and other supporters who enjoy the rare Manhattan respite.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 administration is making a last-ditch bid to save\u00a0the SoHo sculpture garden\u00a0\u2014 by designating it as official city parkland. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, the mayor-elect who takes office on Jan. 1, has promised in multiple interviews that he would move forward with evicting the beloved greenspace within his first year in office. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Adams, who vowed for years to build 123 affordable senior housing units and Habitat for Humanity offices at the site of the garden, later changed his tune last June with an agreement to build on a larger plan elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>A request for comment from Mamdani was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, affordable housing advocacy group Open New York slammed the Adams decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this disgraceful final act, the Adams Administration is once again prioritizing elite comfort over affordable homes for vulnerable elderly people. Eric Adams\u2019 time in City Hall may be over, but this fight is not,\u201d the group fumed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2026, Open New York will be working with Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul, and the State Legislature to undo this pathetic lame-duck move.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Elizabeth Street Garden could be seeing greener pastures \u2013 as an official city park. 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