NYC protesters plan drum circle near mayor's house
Police put metal barricades in front of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's residence on 79th Street. (Nov. 20, 2011) Credit: Charles Eckert
Occupy Wall Street protesters say they'll bring drums and sleeping bags to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's East Side townhouse.
Demonstrators plan to bring musical instruments, food, banners, art and sleeping bags to the mayor's residence near Central Park on Sunday.
Organizer John Penley said protesters will get as close to Bloomberg's house as the police let them.
Bloomberg does not disclose his whereabouts on weekends but he has no public events scheduled for Sunday.
The protesters are angry at Bloomberg for rousting them from their home base at Zuccotti Park on Tuesday. The police cleared out protesters early Tuesday and arrested more than 200 people.
They took protesters' belongings including clothing, sleeping bags and electronic gear to a city garage. Protesters say some of their property was thrown away.
State Sen. Eric Adams says the New York Police Department violated its own procedures when it removed protesters' property from Zuccotti Park without giving them receipts for their belongings.
Adams said Sunday that no city agency has the right to take people's property without giving them receipts for it.
He said he would write a letter of protest to Bloomberg and call for City Council hearings.
Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat and a retired police captain, also criticized the arrests Tuesday of journalists who were covering the protests.
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