Mamdani admin scraps plan to build affordable housing on site of Elizabeth Street GardenLucy Yang has more on the potential conclusion of the more than decade-long battle. The Mamdani administration will no longer pursue a plan to build affordable housing on the site of the Elizabeth Street Garden, reversing statements the mayor made during the campaign to evict the nonprofit tenant during his first year in office. Then politicians planned to tear down the flower beds for affordable housing. Plans for 123 units of affordable housing for older New Yorkers on the site date back to 2012. At the same time, we are continuing to work toward a resolution of the lawsuit initiated under the previous administration concerning the Elizabeth Street Garden site.