The City of New York has finally agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street for the property destroyed in the Zuccotti Park police raid on Nov. 15, 2011.
OWS initiated a suit on May 24, 2012, seeking compensation for the destruction of their People’s Library—a collection of over 5,000 donated books. About 3,600 of these were Read More
Traversing Manhattan right now is a remarkable thing, especially if one heads in a particular north-south direction. Following Governor Cuomo’s press conference at the mouth of the Hugh L. Carey/Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, The Observer did just that (we were hotfooting it to the next press event at the 69th Regimental Armory). What we found along the way was at times surprising, but more often than not comforting, a reminder that life will indeed go on. One of these days. Read More
Leave it to the clever folks at Goldman Sachs to think of this. While Citigroup goes to the trouble and expense of flying executives to Dallas for its shareholders meeting, Goldman is holding its annual meet in a locale that may be just as daunting to the one-time denizens of Zuccotti Park: Jersey City. Sure, Read More
The N.Y.P.D. was holding back regarding Occupy Wall Street protest actions on Saturday night until they put the smackdown on a band of European bagpipe players in nothing flat. The pipers showed around 11 p.m. and began playing for the assembly, but within 5 to 10 minutes they had been arrested, resulting in a sharp rise in tension in the crowd. Read More
In case you thought the Occupy Movement had somehow vanished during the cold but relatively brief Winter, Occupy Wall Street protesters returned in force Saturday to familiar locales, apparently determined to make sure we knew they were still around and still D.T. P. (Down To Protest).
The Times reported early Saturday night that protesters “embarked upon a winding march” which led to a few arrests in and around the original home of the protest, Zuccotti Park.
The Times also noted Saturday’s action was familiar: Read More
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As it appears from the most recent trailer of Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight Rises, using Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street protests weren’t just an accident. They could possibly be the premise on which the entire film is built! Read More
In a very clever campaign swipe, Occupy Wall Street is now co-opting this year’s trendy “anti-bullying” message–championed by Dan Savage, Lady Gaga, and the cast of Glee– and turned it into an “Stop Bullying Us, Ray Kelly and Michael Bloomberg” initiative. Starring your kids…marching in solidarity with the 99%! Because the police can’t pepper spray children (fingers crossed). Read More
“Oh, my god, look at those books,” said a bespectacled, gray-haired Occupy Wall Street sympathizer. “Oh, my god,” she repeated. “This is vile.”
Squeezing into a crowded Midtown conference room, the woman joined other Occupy Wall Street volunteers and reporters for a crowded press conference hosted by civil rights attorney Norman Siegel. A small hill of books was piled on a table, presided over by the peeved librarians of Occupy Wall Street. They gathered to demand explanations: for the sorry state of their collection, for the destruction of four library laptops and for more than 2,500 books they say are still missing. Read More
Has the Occupy Wall Street movement fizzled out? Certainly the stories have moved: While Philadelphia and Los Angeles have handed their Occupiers eviction notices (but haven’t moved them out yet), and some protesters have moved down to Miami for Art Basel, we notice that it’s been awfully silent over at Zuccotti Park recently.
A lot of people are speculating on what OWS can do next, or where the movement is going…which is a sure sign that journos have hit a lull on breaking news in NYC. Read More
In the aftermath of Mayor Bloomberg’s clearing of Zuccotti Park last week, as helmeted police were still pushing stragglers up Broadway and the first morning commuters appeared, a protester named Jake shouted a warning at the cadre of cops shoving protesters away from their erstwhile home.
“There were people smoking crack, people with puppies begging for money, we looked like shit,” Jake yelled to the police. “Now what do we look like? Peaceful protesters getting our asses kicked. This is the best thing that could have happened. There are thousands of people watching us.” Read More
