Toilet relief for NYC Wall Street protesters
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November 6, 2011, Sunday
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They may still be laboring to change the quality of life for the 99 percent, but Wall Street protesters have made some progress near their Manhattan park encampment in New York: They now have toilets.
"Toilets: Installed," read a notice on the Occupy Wall Street website on Friday.
The three toilets were installed at a building two blocks from Zuccotti Park, where protesters have been camped for more than a month.
Their installation was announced along with other efforts to improve the quality of life for both the protesters and residents through sanitation, security and noise control.
The toilets, which have been donated by supporters, have round-the-clock security at a loading dock at the building where they are located and will be serviced once a day, said Han Shan, a spokesman for the protesters. They are open to protesters - and the general public.
"We'll scale up and put more in if we need to," he said. "There's no excuse for using anything else. ... If we have to get four, six or eight tomorrow, we will. Right now, we think this will do it."
He said he didn't know how much it cost their supporters to provide the facilities.
Han, who works on the community relations working group, said the protesters had been working on securing toilets for weeks but had been denied permits by the city to install them at the park.
Some residents have complained about protesters, who have been camping out since September 17 to call attention to economic inequality and corporate greed, going to the bathroom on streets and sidewalks and about excessive noise caused by drumming.
"Toilets: Installed," read a notice on the Occupy Wall Street website on Friday.
The three toilets were installed at a building two blocks from Zuccotti Park, where protesters have been camped for more than a month.
Their installation was announced along with other efforts to improve the quality of life for both the protesters and residents through sanitation, security and noise control.
The toilets, which have been donated by supporters, have round-the-clock security at a loading dock at the building where they are located and will be serviced once a day, said Han Shan, a spokesman for the protesters. They are open to protesters - and the general public.
"We'll scale up and put more in if we need to," he said. "There's no excuse for using anything else. ... If we have to get four, six or eight tomorrow, we will. Right now, we think this will do it."
He said he didn't know how much it cost their supporters to provide the facilities.
Han, who works on the community relations working group, said the protesters had been working on securing toilets for weeks but had been denied permits by the city to install them at the park.
Some residents have complained about protesters, who have been camping out since September 17 to call attention to economic inequality and corporate greed, going to the bathroom on streets and sidewalks and about excessive noise caused by drumming.
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