Mayor Booker Urging 'Occupy Newark' Protesters To Be Considerate Of The '99 Percent'
Booker said he's sympathetic to the group's message, but wants cooperation from them so that police resources are not diverted.
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Booker said he's sympathetic to the group's message, but wants cooperation from them so that police resources are not diverted.
The loud but largely peaceful march near Wall Street to mark the two-month anniversary of the movement occasionally descended into violent clashes. Around 300 people were arrested throughout the day.
Occupy Wall Street's "Day of Action" slowed down Thursday night, hours after a large numbers of protesters headed from Union Square to Foley Square before heading to the Brooklyn Bridge.
More than 100 people have been arrested and there's been some pushing and shoving between Occupy Wall Street protesters who launched their "Day of Action" this morning in lower Manhattan.
Suffolk residents received an invitation on Thursday from Steve Bellone who will take over as county executive on Jan. 1.
It has been a rough day for those who live and work in and around the Financial District as thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters descended on the area for their so-called "Day of Action."
Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center wants to grow pot for patients on a preserved farm in Upper Freehold.
As the Port Authority looks to get its fiscal house back in order, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had a few things to say about the agency's old leadership.
It's not over yet. In fact, it may be just beginning. New York City leaders are warning that thousands of protesters could converge on Manhattan on Thursday. The NYPD is now getting ready for the next stage of "Occupy Wall Street" protests.
Gov. Chris Christie says his administration has developed a new system for reviewing and rating school performance for the state's annual schools report card.
A judge ruled against the Occupy Wall Street protesters on Tuesday, saying they could return to Zuccotti but without their sleeping bags, tarps and tents.
He was convicted in 2009 of denying taxpayers honest services by concealing a deal with a business associate who paid him as a consultant.
In a four-page ruling, Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman said that the protesters' first amendment rights didn't entitle them to camp out in the plaza indefinitely.
"This movement can't be contained in one square block in lower Manhattan. It is bigger than that. You can't evict an idea whose time had come," read a message posted on the Occupy Wall Street website.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer says he is very disturbed that, as he put it, the forcible eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park has resulted in a number of arrests.
