Milk Street Cafe on Wall Street Laid Off 21 Employees Because of Occupy Wall Street. The owner of a normally bustling downtown Manhattan cafe claims that 21 of his employees lost their jobs last week and that it is a direct result of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe at 40 Wall St., said he was forced to lay off the members of his staff last Friday after suffering a 30 percent dip in sales in the six weeks since the protests started. He also stated that he could lose his entire business in less than a month. To make matters worse, Milk Street just opened in June 2011. “What are [the protesters] trying to accomplish here?” Epstein asked Monday. “The end result is that I and all the wonderful people who work for me are collateral damage.”
DNAInfo adds: Epstein said the biggest problem is the police barricades that have lined Wall Street since Sept. 17, making it difficult for people to see his restaurant and cross the street to get to it. But now, Epstein said he isn’t sure his business will be open for much longer. » *UPDATED 10/29* #OccupyWallStreet: The Rap Sheet, So Far - Big Government. Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly. We encourage the public to participate and collaborate with each other using NYCGA.net and other digital properties established by the New York General Assembly. Be advised that all postings, including any links to 3rd-party sites, shall be subject to limited monitoring for violations of this and any other policy.
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Park used by Wall Street protesters to be cleaned. Occupy Wall Street: Dark Side of Hacking, Threats, Dirt Emerges. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy What's not to like about Occupy Wall Street? Plenty, say the movement's critics. They accuse Occupiers of everything from poor hygiene to making threats of physical violence against corporate executives. An article in the New York Post takes Occupiers to task for drug use, strewing litter and copulating in the out of doors. ABC News reports that a faction of the computer hacker group Anonymous has threatened, in a gesture of sympathy with Occupy, to launch a cyber attack against the NYSE.
It goes on to say that while one faction of Anonymous is opposed to such an attack, another favors it. On Monday afternoon--the time of the threatened hack--the NYSE website twice slowed so significantly that it became all but unusable by visitors, according to monitoring group Keynote Systems in San Mateo, Calif. Brookfield Office Management Says Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can't Bring Sleeping Bags, Tents And More Back Into The Park After The Cleaning.
'Occupy Wall Street' To Fight 'Eviction Notice,' But Apparently Has Backup Plan October 13, 2011 11:59 PM From our newsroom to your inbox weekday mornings at 9AM. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Friday morning could be the beginning of the end of the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration. On Thursday, Brookfield Office Management employees were passing out notices to protesters, who have been camped out for 26 days, saying that tarps, sleeping bags and tents are all prohibited in the park, as is lying on the ground and on benches when it becomes an interference for others. CBS 2 learned late Thursday night the protestors are preparing in case they cannot base their operations out of Zuccotti Park anymore. They are now encouraging people to occupy Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. “They might as well as just said ‘You’re done,’” one protester told CBS 2′s Ann Mercogliano earlier Thursday. “This is an eviction notice,” said another.
“They would be breaching the law.