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The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) called Monday on Rochester mayor Thomas Richards to immediately halt the enforcement of a city ordinance that is being used to restrict "Occupy Rochester" demonstrations in Washington Square Park.

New York City Major Mike Bloomberg suggested on Friday that he feels he's been going too easy on the Occupy Wall Street protesters and that more arrests may lie in their future.

The protesters who have been inhabiting lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park for nearly four weeks are reportedly planning an uptown jaunt — to "occupy" the sidewalks outside the homes of Wall Street power brokers such as David Koch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and embattled News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch.