News Summary - November 16th, 2011

(1) Beyond Seizing Parks, New Paths to Influence (NYTimes)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-organizers-consider-value-of-camps.html?_r=1&hp

(2) Witness Says Councilman Led Him to a Contractor (NYTimes)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/nyregion/witness-says-councilman-seabrook-steered-him-to-a-contractor.html?ref=nyregion

(3) New Chief Once Urged City Control of Transit (NYTimes)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/nyregion/joseph-j-lhota-once-urged-city-control-of-mta.html?ref=nyregion

(4)Sanity prevails -- but 'Occupy' loons just don’t get it (NYPost)

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sanity_prevails_but_loons_just_don_pheywxlvfehKba7UrsZSgJ

(5) Inside story of why Mike finally had to act (NYPost)

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/inside_story_of_why_mike_finally_hZOz8pz92dBx0BDApLeWnL

(6) The NYPD's night of shock and awe: How the police cleared defiant Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park (NY Daily News)

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-night-shock-awe-police-cleared-defiant-occupy-wall-street-protesters-zuccotti-park-article-1.978244