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April 9, 2013
City Settles Lawsuit Over The Destruction of the Occupy Wall Street Library
In an agreement announced today, the City of New York will pay more than $365,000 to settle a lawsuit bought by people whose property was destroyed when the New York Police Department raided Zuccotti Park and evicted Occupy Wall Street on November 15, 2001. Occupy Wall Street had brought the suit a ... More >>
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August 27, 2012
City and Brookfield Turn On Each Other In Lawsuits Over Zuccotti Eviction
When the police forced Occupy Wall Street protesters out of Zuccotti Park in November, they were accompanied by Department of Sanitation employees in big trucks who hauled off the demonstrators' belongings. Some of that property was ultimately recovered, but thousands of dollars worth of books, comp ... More >>
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June 4, 2012
Pressure On Trinity Church To Call Off Occupy Wall Street Trespassing Charges
Trinity Church, a massive New York land owner with an estimated $1 billion in real estate holdings, is once again at odds with Occupy Wall Street, the movement that sprung up in its back yard. The relationship between Trinity and Occupy has been fraught almost from the start, but tensions escalated ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
On the Eve of May Day, a Raft of Suits Against the NYPD Over Treatment of Protesters
There are fewer than 24 hours to go before Occupy Wall Street activists, unions, and immigrant groups launch a day-long series of protests that may well constitute some of the largest demonstrations in the city's recent history. All indications are that the police are getting ready too: large group ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Judge Rules Not to Dismiss Charges for Zuccotti Trespasser; OWS Legal Battle Moves Forward
A judge has ruled not to dismiss charges against a protester who is at the center of an ongoing court battle surrounding the legality of the famous shutdown of Zuccotti Park at the peak of Occupy Wall Street's demonstrations in November. This latest decision sets the stage for a contentious trial ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
After Multiple Court Appearances, OWS Charges Dropped for City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez
Turns out City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez was not "resisting arrest" or "obstructing governmental administration" on the day of the infamous clearing of Zuccotti Park in November when the New York Police Department raided Occupy Wall Street at the height of its protests. Or at least those charges ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
In OWS Eviction Case, Defense Fires Back at City: 'Brookfield is the Lawbreaker Here'
On Monday, we reported on the developing court battle surrounding the famous eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park in November -- an important legal case that is moving forward just as Occupy Wall Street resurfaces in full force with the arrival of spring. And late yesterday, the Voice recei ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Agrees with Christine Quinn: Parks Dept. Should Control Spaces Like Zuccotti
Mike Bloomberg agrees with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who hopes to replace him as mayor in 2013: Public spaces like Zuccotti Park should fall under the jurisdiction of the city's Parks Department and not private owners. Commenting on the ongoing debate around the rights of Occupy Wal ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
As OWS Re-energizes, New Developments in Zuccotti Eviction Legal Case
While those following Occupy Wall Street have their eyes focused on the resurgence of action this month, few have been following a legal case dating back to the famous November eviction at Zuccotti Park -- a case which the city is now commenting on through a brief it filed in the courts last week ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Christine Quinn: City's Parks Dept. Might Want to Take Over Spaces Like Zuccotti Park
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor in 2013, spoke out this morning about the resurgence of Occupy Wall Street, suggesting that the city may want to rethink how it oversees public park spaces. Quinn, as Capital noted this morning, has generally been cautious abou ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
Was Zuccotti Park Legally Allowed To Be Closed This Weekend?
As protesters cleared out of Zuccotti Park at the close of Saturday's Occupy Wall Street action Nick Pinto reported that police and private security guards from Brookfield Properties -- the owners of Zuccotti Park -- unlocked metal barricades to close up the plaza. In response, protesters yelled "Wh ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
NYCLU Goes After Brookfield Properties For Zuccotti Eviction
The birthplace of Occupy Wall Street lives on! And so does the anger surrounding the infamous eviction of protestors back in November. Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a brief with the city's Criminal Court arguing that Brookfield Properties, the owner of Zuccotti Park, had no legal ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
DJ Spooky Spinning Tonight for the OWS People's Librarians, Who Are Number 34 on the Voice's "100 Most Powerless New Yorkers"
As the Voice's Nick Pinto was reporting last night, Zuccotti Park re-opened after Brookfield Properties emoved the barricades surrounding the plaza. One of the first elements to re-assert Occupy Wall Street's presence was the People's Library. The librarians and were a constant presence from the be ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Zuccotti Park is Full of Zoning Violations, Says the NYCLU
It's been nearly two months since the city evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park, ostensibly over concerns about health and safety violations. But some of the movement's allies claim the new regime at the park violates New York City zoning laws. In a letter sent yesterday, the New York Civi ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
The Re-Occupation of Zuccotti Park
The barricades that have surrounded Zuccotti Park ever since Occupy Wall Street was evicted nearly two months ago came down this evening. As word circulated that Brookfield Properties employees were disassembling the metal fencing that has choked access to the park, participants in last fall's occu ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Occupy the Pulpit
Religious involvement in OWS heads upstream
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Occupy Faith Planning 24-Hour Christmas Vigil at Zuccotti, If Brookfield Allows
From the flyer.A group called Occupy Faith is planning to hold a 24-hour prayer vigil in Zuccotti Park from midnight on Christmas Eve to midnight the next day, and they're worried that Brookfield Properties won't allow it to happen. Occupy Christmas would involve food and musical instruments, ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Bloomberg on Occupy Wall Street Zuccotti Raid: 'The Decision Was Mine and Mine Alone'
Mayor Bloomberg just held a press conference at City Hall to address last night's raid of Zuccotti Park. Bloomberg, accompanied by other city government top brass, said that the city had acted on Brookfield's request but that the decision to clear the park was "mine and mine alone." Bloomberg ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Occupy Wall Street's Day In Court
Zuccotti Park this morning, with police inside and protesters outside.After the police moved on Zuccotti Park around 1 a.m. this morning, lawyers working on behalf of the occupiers and their allies sprang into action, securing a temporary restraining order from Justice Lucy Billings. The ord ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Refers to His and Diana Taylor's 'Pillow Talk'
Mike Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor happens to sit on the board of directors of Brookfield Office Properties, the company that owns Zuccotti Park. This has raised some eyebrows, given Brookfield's tense relationship with the protesters occupying its property and the way the mayor and the ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Occupy Wall Street "Cleaning": Live Updates from the Standoff
Via Twitter/@LucyKafanovA camped out protester waking up others as police arriveAfter a night of pouring rain with unrelenting thunder and lightening (is Mayor Bloomberg wealthy enough to own one of those Bond-vilain-style weather machines?), the moment of confrontation between the NYPD and ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Does Anyone Really Believe the Postponed "Cleaning" of Zuccotti Park was Brookfield's Decision? [UPDATED]
Our Harry Siegel, who has been in Zuccotti Park since 9:00 PM last night, just phoned in to pose this question: "Does anyone really think this was Brookfield's decision?"
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September 24, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Tweets Reports of Tear Gas, Arrests (UPDATED)
In Occupy Wall Street's eighth day, protesters claim on their Twitter account today that they have been targeted by tear gas, and at least 50 people have been arrested during their march through the city this afternoon headed toward the United Nations building [Updated per retraction from a ... More >>

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