Volunteers, elected officials, and neighbors gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate a major win for a Lower Manhattan greenspace.
The community open space has become an oasis to those who yearn to study, work, or simply relax under tree canapés in a jungle of concrete and mortar — yet this last bastion of greenery has been threatened for several years by those who wish to build housing upon its pastures.
In what has been a long and still undergoing fight, the garden and it’d supporters finally had some good news.Locals gathered to celebrate Elizabeth Street Garden’s court victory on Nov. 2.“I do have to tell you when I saw the notification from the court, I got nervous. Four years we’ve been fighting this, some of you seven years, so I got nervous,” attorney for the garden Norman Siegel told the crowd. “The opening line said petitioners, which is us, the petition is granted.
Cheers and applause reverberated around the green space. According to Elizabeth Street Garden representatives, Justice Debra James ordered that the city must conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement in light of rapidly fading green space in underserved neighborhoods. While this by no means saves Elizabeth Street Garden indefinitely, it is a major win for those who have been fighting for the acre’s survival.
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