Tag: protest

NEW YORK CITY
by the Occupy Movement

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) gets another victory! The city of NY will have to pay for destroying the OWS library, Global Revolution’s media equipment, and Time’s Up NY’s bike generators when they cleared Zuccoti Park during the eviction. The Bloomberg administration was also forced to write an essay about what it learned from the incident. “Plaintiffs and Defendants recognize that when a person’s property is removed from the city it is important that the City exercise due care and adhere to established procedures in order to protect legal rights of the property owners.”

Fans of justice will be glad to hear that New York City will pay for all those books and all that media equipment that the police trashed when it famously raided the Occupy Wall Street camp on November 15, 2011. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York just announced a $366,700 settlement in Occupy’s case against the city for the damage caused during the raid as well as all of the legal fees the movement’s poured into seeking retribution. New York City Will Pay Over $365,000 for Its Destructive Raid on Zucotti Park ADAM CLARK ESTES http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/new-york-city-has-fork-over-365000-its-destructive-raid-zucotti-park/64062/ also- Under the terms of today’s settlement, Brookfield agrees to pay the city $15,666.67. While not an outright admission of blame, the language Siegel referred to does read a little like the Bloomberg administration was forced to write an essay about what it learned from the incident: “Defendants acknowledge and believe it is unfortunate that, during the course of clearing Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011, books were damaged so as to render them unusable, and additional books are unaccounted for. Defendants further acknowledge and believe it unfortunate that certain library furnishings and equipment likewise were damaged so as to render them unusable, and other library furnishings and equipment may be unaccounted for. Plaintiffs and Defendants recognize that when a person’s property is removed from the city it is important that the City exercise due care and adhere to established procedures in order to protect legal rights of the property owners.” City Settles Lawsuit Over The Destruction of the Occupy Wall Street Library http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/04/city_settles_la.php see settlement agreement here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/135002275/Occupy-Wall-St-v-City-of-New-York-Settlement