NYC Mayor Mamdani, in ditching housing plan at Elizabeth Street Garden, blames ex-Mayor Adams' aide

Mamdani Administration Might Save Elizabeth Street Garden, Bruce Springsteen Museum in New Jersey Is ‘Badass,’ And More: Morning Links for August 13, 2026

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! The Mamdani administration is expected to abandon city plans to replace Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden with housing.  NYC Culture Club has moved into New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal. The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music in New Jersey is worth a visit.  The Headlines GREEN THUMB. After nearly a dec…

NYC Mayor Mamdani, in ditching housing plan at Elizabeth Street Garden, blames ex-Mayor Adams' aide

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani laid the blame Wednesday on former Eric Adams Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro for his own step back from a highly controversial plan to shut down Lower Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden to build affordable housing…

Mamdani admits he can’t keep campaign promise to build housing on Elizabeth Street Garden, blames Adams

Mam's not happy with the garden.