Businesses near Zuccotti Park "delighted" to see OWS evicted

Ricki Martinez, who works at Charly’s in Trinity Place, directly opposite where the camp’s drumming circle had been based, smiled broadly when asked how he felt.

“It was ok for a week. But two months? It was kind of annoying, there was a lot of noise. There were a lot of crazy people with problems in their heads, and homeless. They made a mess in the toilets we had to close them. They’ve been closed since September.”

The manager at Pannini & co, who would not give his name, said his takings had gone down between 30% and 40% since the protest began. “We’re happy, everybody’s happy – aren’t they?”