Crains, Daniel Massey & Associated Press, October 14, 2011. An expected clash with police was averted Friday when a cleanup of Occupy Wall Street's sit-in spot, Zuccotti Park, was postponed indefinitely. Jubilant protesters struck up a band and plotted their next moves.
Buffalo News, By Samantha Maziarz, October 13, 2011. About 40 members of several grass-roots organizations gathered here Wednesday to call for reforms in the way industrial development agencies and the New York Power Authority spend taxpayer-funded subsidies, outlining a list of changes they said would provide a better rate of return on public investment.
Buffalo News, By Aaron Besecker, October 13, 2011. Dozens of demonstrators rallied outside the downtown offices of JPMorgan Chase bank Thursday afternoon. It was the latest local action that is part of the larger anti-corporate, Occupy Wall Street protests that have swept across the country.
New York Amsterdam News, By Craig D. Frazier, October 13, 2011. Last week, rumors of Wal-Mart coming to Harlem mobilized a grassroots coalition of small businesses, community leaders, elected officials and local residents in protest. As speakers approached the podium on the corner on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, the crowd erupted, chanting, "Wal-Mart is no good for our neighborhood!"
Niagara Gazette, By Timothy Chipp, October 12, 2011. A new study released Wednesday is shedding some light on “wasteful spending” happening in Niagara County development. The report addresses a lack of sufficient return New York residents are seeing on their billions of dollars invested in development each year, Magavern said.