Occupy Wall Street protesters will not be allowed to bring their sleeping bags back into Zuccotti Park after they leave for a city-ordered cleanup of the premises Friday morning, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday.
Mayor Bloomberg appeared at the park Wednesday evening to inform protesters that cleaning crews will be dispatched there at the end of the week.
Kelly said cleanup crews will enter the park at about 7 a.m. Friday and the clean-up process will take place in four-hour intervals.
He also said protesters will not be able to bring their sleeping bags, among other items, into the park once they are allowed back in, which may hamper their ability to weather the elements amid an anticipated cold front expected to roll through the area.
The commissioner also said Brookfield Properties, which owns the park property, distributed letters to protesters describing some of the new guidelines.
Meanwhile, witnesses said Bloomberg's demeanor was cheerful when he strolled through the park with his security detail Wednesday night, though he didn't stop to speak to many protesters.
The plan to clean the park comes after another day of anti-Wall Street demonstrations, including this march to the office of J.P. Morgan Chase. Four protesters were arrested. Charges were not announced.
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