The Debate Over Elizabeth Street Garden, Little Italy’s Treasure

The panel featured four native New Yorkers who are dedicated to greenery, displacement, and gentrified communities. This included Alicia Boyd, founder of community displacement organizations Flower Lovers Against Corruption and The Movement To Protect the People, Tom Angotti, professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College and editor of Zoned Out: Race, Displacement, and City Planning in New York, Charles Birnbaum, President and CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, and Raymond Figueroa, President of the NYC Community Garden Coalition.