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    Who Should Clean Up Zuccotti Park?

    The private owner of Zuccotti Park in New York's Financial District says it's time to perform basic repairs and clean up after weeks of the camp-out by Occupy Wall Street . Mayor Bloomberg says the protesters should move, at least temporarily. Will there be a confrontation with the NYPD?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The private owner of Zuccotti Park in New York's Financial District says it's time to perform basic repairs and clean up after weeks of the camp-out by Occupy Wall Street. Mayor Bloomberg says the protesters should move, at least temporarily. Will there be a confrontation with the NYPD? Today Occupy Wall Street rejected owner Brookfield Properties' clean-up plan, saying protesters will do the cleaning themselves and take their brooms, mops, squeegees and other equipment to Wall Street itself. Justin Elliot is a staff writer at Salon.com.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Justin Elliott

      ProPublica

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Ditching the Big, Bad Banks
    1. 0:00Congress Passes Three Contentious Trade Deals
    2. 7:37Big Banks: Are There Alternatives?
    3. 42:35Who Should Clean Up Zuccotti Park?You’re reading this
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