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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mayor Bloomberg: Zuccotti Barricades Are Legal, Protesters 'Just Trying to Cause Chaos'

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has a solution for the tense police-protester relationship at Occupy Wall Street: barricades. At a press conference this morning, the mayor, responding to reporters' repeated questions about the arrests of more than 70 occupiers over the weekend, said that the New York Police ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mayor Michael "No One is a Bigger Defender of the First Amendment Than I Am" Bloomberg on Why He Raided Zuccotti Park

​We woke up to a text message this morning from a friend of ours that has been sleeping at Zuccotti Park over the past couple week which read, "Cops using sound weapons on us. good thing I bought ear plugs." Here's Mayor Michael ("No one is a bigger defender of the First Amendment than I am")B ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Occupy Wall Street's Big Plans For Its Two-Month Anniversary

​Occupy Wall Street will be two months old on November 17th, and it's pulling out all the stops. It was announced on the occupation's main Twitter account at the end of October that something would be going down, and now we know: the plan is to "shut down" Wall Street and the New York Stock Ex ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Buys Television Ad Spots

Insert "the revolution will not be televised" joke here. This Occupy Wall Street ad, which first surfaced a few weeks ago and is the work of David Sauvage, has appeared widely this weekend on ESPN, CBS, and Fox News (heh), among others. The ad was funded via Loudsauce, which is a kind of Kickstart ... More >>

Bloomberg's Patience with Occupy Wall Street Wears Thin as Eviction Rumors Swirl

viaMayor Bloomberg visiting Occupy Wall Street a few weeks ago.​Mike Bloomberg has started to publicly lose patience with the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park. Yesterday, he told the Observer that recent reports of crime and sexual assault in the park were "a very high priority" ... More >>

At Occupy Wall Street, the Sanitation Crew Fights Cigarette Butts and Apathy

Jake MooreSanitation working group member James Molenda on the job. ​As Occupy Wall Street begins its second month, the Voice is mapping out the way things work at Zuccotti Park. Meet the Occupiers is a new series that profiles the who's who of Zuccotti: the key characters and working groups t ... More >>

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 >>

Occupy Wall Street "Cleaning": Live Updates from the Standoff

Via Twitter/@LucyKafanovA camped out protester waking up others as police arrive​After 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 >>

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?"

This Is What the Occupy Wall Street Arrest Pattern Looks Like

C.S. MuncyCops faced off against protesters this morning in the Financial District.​A number of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested this morning during confrontations with the police on various streets in the Financial District. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne puts the number at 14. One man ... More >>

City: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Must Agree to Cleaning Or Get Out [Updated]

via DJ Unicorn Thunder HeartsMayor Bloomberg visiting Occupy Wall Street.​Yesterday evening Mayor Bloomberg visited Occupy Wall Street for a while, walking through the park and viewing the inhabitants (we missed him by about five minutes). What he saw combined with complaints from Brookfield O ... More >>

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