NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Graffiti was still being cleaned at City Hall Plaza on Thursday morning—a day after police dismantled the “Occupy City Hall” encampment and hours after protesters took to the streets, some with the goal of taking the plaza back.
About 100 people made their way through lower Manhattan during Wednesday night’s severe thunderstorms. They were met with a police barricade near Foley Square.
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There was some pushing and shoving, but no arrests were made, police said.
Outside City Hall on Thursday morning, the plaza was still entirely sealed off with metal barricades for blocks around as officers watched over it.
The Sanitation Department made quick work of most of the graffiti on the plaza, but much of it was still visible on surrounding buildings.
Hundreds of NYPD officers moved in on the “Occupy City Hall” encampment early Wednesday morning to drive out dozens of protesters and homeless people. Several people were taken into custody in the confrontation.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city decided to shut the encampment down due to growing health concerns.
Demonstrators had been camped outside City Hall since June to demand more funds be redistributed from the NYPD.