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Wall Street Cutbacks Pose Challenge as Bloomberg Prepares 2012 NYC Agenda

Henry Goldman Bloomberg.com 01/11/2012
Wall Street Cutbacks Pose Challenge as Bloomberg Prepares 2012 NYC Agenda

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg enters 2012 facing the prospect of 10,000 lost Wall Street jobs and a budget deficit that may make it more difficult to build on gains in health, education and public safety.

Occupy Wall Street returns to Zuccotti Park

Barricades surrounding a park that served as a camp for Occupy Wall Street protesters were removed Tuesday, allowing protesters to stream back in.

Occupy Wall Street activists are dispersed among the rush hour commuters as they form a flash mob at New York's Grand Central, Tuesday.

Three Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested and two others given summonses after converging on Grand Central terminal Tuesday, an MTA spokeswoman said.

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters rally for immigrant rights

Sam Levin & Erin Durkin New York Daily News 12/18/2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters gather in Foley Square Sunday afternoon to march to Zuccotti Park in support of immigrant rights.

Hundreds of protesters rallied Sunday for immigrant rights, attempting to breathe new life into the Occupy Wall Street movement as they marked International Migrants Day.

Missing South Dakota college student turns up... at Occupy Wall Street

A college student who was reported missing after failing to show up for class has been found – at the Occupy Wall Street protest.

Poll Finds Some Believe Mayor Has Lost Focus

DAVID W. CHEN The New York Times 10/18/2011
Poll Finds Some Believe Mayor Has Lost Focus

A narrow majority of New York City voters believe that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has lost his focus midway through his third term, according to a poll released Wednesday morning by Quinnipiac University.

Feminist author Naomi Wolf handcuffed at anti-greed protest outside award ceremony for NY gov

Feminist author Naomi Wolf has been taken into custody by police at an anti-corporate greed protest outside an award ceremony held to honor New York’s governor.

NY protesters receive $435000 in donations

KAREN MATTHEWS AP 10/18/2011
NY protesters receive $435000 in donations

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spent a month bashing banks and other corporations, has become a money manager itself.

70-plus arrested in NYC Occupy Wall Street protest

Police say more than 70 people have been arrested in New York City during demonstrations against corporate greed, including 45 in Times Square.


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