To the Editor : I agree entirely with your editorial supporting the proposal of Nassau County 's executive , Tom Suozzi , for building '' next-generation '' housing in Garden City -LRB- '' The Forbidden Garden , '' May 14 -RRB- , but it is worth noting the irony in this community 's opposition to affordable housing : according to Pete Hamill 's '' Downtown : My Manhattan , '' Garden City was founded by an Irish immigrant from Belfast , the department store pioneer A. T. Stewart , to provide affordable housing for his workers .