New York Cuts Power in Zuccotti Park

New York police were waiting for protesters

(NEWSER) - Occupiers retook Zuccotti Park in New York City last night and began a slow-building dispute with police that ended with scores of protesters carted off in handcuffs, the New York Times reports. Police initially allowed protesters to enter the park in return for two little girls in a small tent being removed. Soon hundreds of Occupiers poured in, reopening a meeting on a ledge cordoned off by police tape, and rebuffing orders from security guards to step down. “Whose year? Our year!” the protesters chanted. More»

'New York, New York' plays as cops round up protesters

(NEWSER) - Frank Sinatra and police raids: a marriage made in ... NYC. A local filmmaker has set the police raid of Zuccotti Park to Sinatra's "New York, New York" in a new YouTube video—and it makes for quite a contrast. As Sinatra sings about "the city that never sleeps," we see police hauling away protester after protester, DNAinfo reports. "Sinatra's 'New York, New York' is the ultimate celebration of New York City," explains creator Casey Neistat, star of HBO's The Neistat Brothers. More»

Says Mayor Bloomberg had right to clear Occupy Wall Street protesters

(AP) - A New York judge has upheld the city's dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters' First Amendment rights don't entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza. Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman today denied a motion by the demonstrators seeking to be allowed back into the park with their tents and sleeping bags. More»

Police, demonstrators await judge's ruling on legality of eviction

(NEWSER) - Marchers were clogging the streets around empty Zuccotti Park this afternoon, awaiting a judge's decision on whether they can return after this morning's raid . Some other developments from DNA Info , the New York Times , and the AP :

• More protests: Minor clashes were reported throughout the day as demonstrators marched through lower Manhattan. At one point, protesters tried to take over a lot at Canal Street, but police cleared them out. Most seemed to head toward the closed Zuccotti Park again.

115 US cities plan to reignite movement

(NEWSER) - We haven't heard much from Occupy Wall Street in a while, so protesters are looking to make some noise tomorrow. Groups from Barcelona to London to Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 115 cities across the US, are getting ready for May 1, known as International Workers' Day. "We call upon people to refrain from shopping, walk out of class, take the day off of work, and other creative forms of resistance disrupting the status quo," said organizers, who have been planning tomorrow's events since January. More»