Volunteers hope to save NYC’s Elizabeth Street Garden from being bulldozed
The city plans to bulldoze a community garden in Little Italy in less than three weeks, but community members tell CBS News New York’s Shosh Bedrosian they’re making a last-ditch effort to save the beloved space.
Dramatic title🙄 The elderly need the affordable living spaces planned to be built there. That "park" is virtually private and closed behind a locked gate, except for weekends, and then try finding a black face there✌🏾
Save this park!!! We do not want more commercial low incoming housing!!! Why would the city want to destroy our green spaces? Go build in Harlem or statan island we don’t want it here
We do not need to house senior homeless…. Why are you going to tear it down?? Please tell us who the politicians are— so we can make sure they aren’t voted back in!
There are so many empty lots in other counties, Manhattan doesn't need more concrete. Let alone there's barely any spaces in the city where you can go unwind.
Everyone should write or talk to their local Assemblyman, Congressman and Senator and vote against the "Yes to the City" indicative Mayor Adams is forcing onto our communities. Building additional housing projects in all our boroughs when NYCHA has been a disgrace for decades. Tell the mayor to renovate and upkeep existing housing projects, because there are empty NYCHA apartments that can't be inhabited. Fix those. I do not trust Mayor Adams at all!
I'm not sure why the city is so adamant about getting wrecking balls for things like this meanwhile there's plenty of street space to take from among other things. How much space do you get back if you take out a bunch of highways and overly wide roads
The park needs to go – housing for seniors is priority – These white transplants pay inordinate amount of rent to live in Manhattan – the reason rents are so high – they can take the train to central park
If NYCHA actually fixed some of their vacant apartments that would open up some housing. Also what happened to that luxury building in Harlem they tried to sneak those migrants into? That could be turned into senior housing.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE LOW INCOME SENIOR HOMES- MANHATTAN DESERVES TO PROTECT OUR GREEN SPACES!! DO NOT LET THEM BUILD! POOR OLD PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN STATAN ISLAND… LETS MOVE THEM TO STATAN ISLAND…. SHAME ON ADAMS SHAME ON THE CITY! WE LOVE THIS PARK! WE DO NOT WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MANHATTAN– BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN STATAN ISLAND AND NEW JERSEY! THIS BREAKS MY HEART…. SHAME ON YOU!
Take all the "flavor" out of the city. It's happening all over. San Francisco was gentrified unto death. My city is being destroyed daily. I used to drive down a street and see mountains and now I see a concrete warehouse wall.
I don't hold out a lot of hope, but just maybe they can save this. These kind of things bring communities together and that is what this country needs so badly.
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Dramatic title🙄
The elderly need the affordable living spaces planned to be built there. That "park" is virtually private and closed behind a locked gate, except for weekends, and then try finding a black face there✌🏾
New Yorkers should live with what they espouse in EVERY corner of the city.🍿🤓
Get all these pretentious losers out of here. we need housing for the elderly.
I bet the ambassador of turkey could have kept the park open. Sounds like cheapo robert de niro needs to cough up some gold bars.
We do not want low income housing in Elizabeth park! Keep our green spaces!!! Do not let the city bulldoze this beautiful space!!! It’s special 😢
Save this park!!! We do not want more commercial low incoming housing!!! Why would the city want to destroy our green spaces? Go build in Harlem or statan island we don’t want it here
We do not need to house senior homeless…. Why are you going to tear it down?? Please tell us who the politicians are— so we can make sure they aren’t voted back in!
Bye bye mayor Adam’s— if you don’t care we don’t care
Shame on you Adam’s shame on you and your mom in a 🍷
We 2:24 do not need affordable homes— they are old! They won’t make it by the time the hulldings are complete oh please
Like New York don't have a nuff asphalt and concrete 🫣
Bulldoze it for what?
Affordable housing…., another name for .. The projects……. just my opinion
There are so many empty lots in other counties, Manhattan doesn't need more concrete. Let alone there's barely any spaces in the city where you can go unwind.
Everyone should write or talk to their local Assemblyman, Congressman and Senator and vote against the "Yes to the City" indicative Mayor Adams is forcing onto our communities. Building additional housing projects in all our boroughs when NYCHA has been a disgrace for decades. Tell the mayor to renovate and upkeep existing housing projects, because there are empty NYCHA apartments that can't be inhabited. Fix those. I do not trust Mayor Adams at all!
So many empty units, empty apartments, unused space in this city, and they bulldoze a community garden.
I'm not sure why the city is so adamant about getting wrecking balls for things like this meanwhile there's plenty of street space to take from among other things. How much space do you get back if you take out a bunch of highways and overly wide roads
Sounds to me like in Manhattan "quiet" is codeword for white
When your cities run by marxists and communists.
Housing for seniors? Doubt it..probably for illegals..
The park needs to go – housing for seniors is priority –
These white transplants pay inordinate amount of rent to live in Manhattan – the reason rents are so high – they can take the train to central park
They going to put a bike lane and a toll there
If NYCHA actually fixed some of their vacant apartments that would open up some housing. Also what happened to that luxury building in Harlem they tried to sneak those migrants into? That could be turned into senior housing.
Hey, there's an empty lot on East 120th St and 2nd Ave. The city should build there and not take this garden away for affordable housing.
WE DO NOT NEED MORE LOW INCOME SENIOR HOMES- MANHATTAN DESERVES TO PROTECT OUR GREEN SPACES!! DO NOT LET THEM BUILD! POOR OLD PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN STATAN ISLAND… LETS MOVE THEM TO STATAN ISLAND…. SHAME ON ADAMS SHAME ON THE CITY! WE LOVE THIS PARK! WE DO NOT WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MANHATTAN– BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN STATAN ISLAND AND NEW JERSEY! THIS BREAKS MY HEART…. SHAME ON YOU!
Take all the "flavor" out of the city. It's happening all over. San Francisco was gentrified unto death. My city is being destroyed daily. I used to drive down a street and see mountains and now I see a concrete warehouse wall.
I don't hold out a lot of hope, but just maybe they can save this. These kind of things bring communities together and that is what this country needs so badly.