It's bad enough many of our public places are only quasi-public, meaning that they are privately owned public parks. So if you are one of those private owners, who do you prevent future #occupy movements? By changing the rules.
Property owners are moving to change an old zoning law that has allowed anti-Wall Street protesters to camp out in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan around the clock. ...
Real Estate Board President Steve Spinola said his organization, which represents institutions and people involved in NY real estate, will request a zoning change that will allow those plazas built under the 1961 rule to close at 1 a.m. ...
Perhaps one of the demands of every #Occupy protest should be to return all public parks and lands completely back to public ownership.
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