Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in a departure from his typically optimistic outlook, said Thursday it will be “nearly impossible” for his incoming administration to complete a long-stalled affordable housing project in Manhattan’s Elizabeth St. Garden in light of outgoing Mayor Eric Adams’ latest effort to block it.

On Wednesday, news broke that Adams’ administration had taken the unusual step of designating the Nolita garden, which sits on city-owned land, as “parkland.” The move, first reported by Gothatmist and independently confirmed by the Daily News, makes it so no construction can take place on the site unless the state Legislature “alienates” the parcel.

The designation seriously hampers a plan — once championed by Adams — to build 123 affordable apartments for seniors on the

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