Siempre Verde Community Garden.
Members of the Siempre Verde Community Garden are hopeful a letter from City Council member Margaret Chin will convince the city to abandon efforts to develop the Lower East Side parcels.
Last year, William Gottlieb Management pitched a plan to build luxury housing on a lot it owns, 139 Attorney St., as well as 137 Attorney St. and 181 Stanton St., two city-owned parcels. The garden has been using the lots under a temporary permit since 2012. Last fall, Community Board 3 approved a resolution opposing the development plan and calling on the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to permanently transfer the lots to the Green Thumb Program, part of the Parks Department.