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The city plans to build a sanctuary on the outskirts of Little Italy as housing for elderly New Yorkers. Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Patti Smith have defended the garden.
By James Barron
Hello, it’s Thursday. Today, we’ll look at a last-minute effort by 3 celebrities opposing the city’s efforts to reclaim a lawn in NoLIta for an affordable housing project. We’ll also get major points about the state attorney general’s reaction to Donald Trump’s appeal. opposed to his $454 million civil fraud sentence.
A small park in NoLIta gets breaking news from big names: Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, and Patti Smith.
They wrote letters to Mayor Eric Adams protesting the eviction of a nonprofit that had turned city-owned land into a green area known as Elizabeth Street Garden in the 1990s. Smith, who noted that he had read poetry and performed on it, called the lawn “a very public sanctuary. “De Niro wrote that “removing the Elizabeth Street Garden erases a component of our city’s history and cultural heritage. “
The city said it was moving forward with its plan for the site: an affordable housing complex with 123 apartments for older New Yorkers. About fifty apartments will be intended for homeless elderly people.
These letters are the latest salvo in the garden’s crusade to save itself. The letters join thousands of others that have been sent to city officials as the organization attempts to sway public opinion after wasting a legal challenge.
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