Workgroups at Zuccotti Park's "Occupy Wall Street" encampment collect trash on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in New York. The owner of the private park where "Occupy Wall Street" protesters have been camped out for nearly a month in lower Manhattan gave notice Thursday that it will begin enforcing regulations that prohibit everything from lying down on benches to storing personal property on the ground. The landlord, Brookfield Properties, handed out a notice to protesters saying they would be allowed back inside after a planned park cleanup on Friday morning if they abide by park regulations.
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NYC protesters take park cleanup on themselves
Workgroups at Zuccotti Park's "Occupy Wall Street" encampment collect trash on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in New York. The owner of the private park where "Occupy Wall Street" protesters have been camped out for nearly a month in lower Manhattan gave notice Thursday that it will begin enforcing regulations that prohibit everything from lying down on benches to storing personal property on the ground. The landlord, Brookfield Properties, handed out a notice to protesters saying they would be allowed back inside after a planned park cleanup on Friday morning if they abide by park regulations.
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NEW YORK—Light rain did not dampen the spirits of the Wall Street protesters as they worked into the night to clean up their park camp before police arrive Friday morning to see them out for a scheduled cleaning by park owners.
Protesters see the scheduled cleanup by
Dozens of brooms were handed out about midnight and people put on yellow or white ponchos and started to sweep water from the plaza. About 300 to 400 protesters were in Zuccotti Park overnight.
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