NYC downtown residents plan anti-Occupy Wall Street protest

A group of lower Manhattan residents in the U.S. city of New York planned to protest the Occupy Wall Street at City Hall late Monday, NBC News reported. Since the occupation began almost two months ago, residents have been fed up with the incessant drum-circles, people urinating and defecating in the park, and verbal attacks from protesters. Organizers of the anti-Occupy protest posted fliers downtown that say "Mayor Bloomberg is helping them stay". They plan to rally at the steps of the City Hall declaring that the City Hall has let the occupation get out of control, according to the report. The Occupy Wall Street movement began with a few people on Sept. 17 and has grown to hundreds who have made Zuccotti Park, a small plaza in Lower Manhattan, their home. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has gone back and forth between criticizing Occupy Wall Street and defending it, saying recently that protesters were largely law-abiding and did not bother anyone.