At least three protests are planned for Tuesday across Manhattan, group leaders tell NBC New York.
Organizers say there will be gatherings outside Sotheby's on the East Side, near the district attorney's office in Lower Manhattan, and at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side.
The events at Sotheby's and at Lincoln Center were already planned before the Occupy Wall Street protests, but organizers say the Wall Street protesters will help infuse new energy.
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The Lincoln Center event is being led by a group called the Granny Peace Brigade hoping to ride the momentum of their fellow protesters.
"We see what they were doing, and it ties in," said Edith Cresmer, a member of the group. "People at Wall Street like us because we represent continuity."
There is also continuity with protests of the recent past: In 2009, a group called Take Back NYU seized the college library and dining hall for 40 hours. In the end, they left, and their demands for lower tuition and a free Gaza were unmet.
Two years later, Occupy Wall Street also marched past NYU, but these protesters have gotten worldwide attention. Some hope the clashes with police -- like the one Saturday in Times Square -- fuel a fresh round of attention.
Aaron Miller, a protester who has been at Zuccotti Park for the past 14 days, was in Times Square when police made dozens of arrests.
"We were standing there assembling as per our First Amendment rights," he said. "When they sent the riot police, we were breaking no laws."
Pepper spray victim Kaylee Dedrick wants the police officer who she says sprayed her to be prosecuted.
"It's sad that it happened, it's shocking," said Dedrick. "I hope something good happens. I hope something happens."
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