Don’t the owners of the private park have a say?
I have yet to have someone explain the benefit to society of having these people camp out in a park, rape, assault and steal from each other, and wallow in their own filth.
Yeah, let’s see how long that ruling stands.
Also, how about telling us the name of the judge who ruled against private property rights in favor of a defecating, raping, polluting mob.
Let’s get a group of freepers together, not bathe for a month and go occupy the lobby of the National Lawyers Guild.
That stinks.
This judge is a radical leftist. Almost a parody of a left-wing activist judge. Here’s her bio:
http://nycourtsystem.com/applications/jcec2009/Bio2009.php?ID=699
You can’t even go in some neighborhood parks in Manhattan unless you live on the block. There’s been stories of arrests and fines for simply playing chess.
One of the core problems here is the nature of this property. It is privately owned, but the owner is required by agreement with the city to maintain public access to the park around the clock, so the owner does not really exersize full control of the site. I gather that the park was provided by the property owner in exchange for zoning variances on a nearby building.
Since nobody has control of the park, situations like this can fester. I private owner with full authority can have trespassers thrown off immediately. If it were a NYC public park, it would be closed overnight. But this property is neither fish nor foul, so it is difficult to control the situation.
Frankly, the city should just amend the agreement to make the park function like the NYC parks, and have it close down every day from midnight to 5AM. Then it could be cleaned daily and the only mess these idiots could create would be the mess they can create each day.
Bloomberg backs these slugs 100% and this gives him cover for doing nothing. He can now say to all the folks who are being deprived of their own rights by these sleazes that he has dome all he could but the courts have over ruled him.
If he were a stand up guy he would rise up to his full 4 ft 9 inches and tell the Judge to pound salt.
I think the major problem here was the overnight clean up...
After getting the OWS out of the park the city should have just left it as it was for a few days with armed guards at night...
Just let them into their own mess during the day
What are they going to do now ???
Daily maid service paid for by the city and ultimately the law abiding taxpayers ???
Pure BS, if it was a conservative movement they get them on a permit issue and that would be the end of it.
The park is private land. If the owners want to close the park to all then so be it...................
Wow, so much for property rights. This park is PRIVATE property. This is outrageous, these occupoopers are getting away with so much it’s beyond funny now.
Insane !
I guess bums and the homeless can set up camp in any public space they desire as long as they protest something.
Do you think I could take a copy of this order and park my RV in front of the courthouse? Could I dump my holding tanks there too?
I think they should put up a chain link fence around the park...with the protesters in it. They couldn’t get out, except for emergencies, and only food allowed in.
Yay!
Video, please!
Don't say that, Mayor Fudd! You don't know nothing about nothing you haven't seen, maroon.
NYC simply needs to tel thec ourt to pound sand. What is the judge going to do about it?