NYPD Officer Perez waits at a police motorcade near Wall Street on the morning of Sept. 17th, 2012, exactly one year since the Occupy movement began in New York City. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protester C.J. Phillips of New York was one of thousands of members of the “99 percent” who gathered across the street from Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protesters surrounded the Federal Hall National Memorial on the corner of Pine and Nassau streets on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protesters wave an upside-down flag to symbolize the corruption of capitalism on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protesters marched up and down Broadway and through the Financial District on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protester Osama Arsheh, from California cried out to bystanders while being detained by police on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protester Chris Phillips screamed “I am innocent!” as police detain him in the Financial District. Thousands of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement in New York. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protester David Intrator played the saxophone while fellow protesters marched down Broadway on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protester Dan Shockley makes an announcement to a crowd of protesters in Battery Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Shockley and his wife helped to create a 7-foot sack called the Debt Balloon to symbolize the plight of the 99 percent. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protest leader Michael Kink, Esq. makes an announcement to a crowd of protesters at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012. Thousands of protesters gathered in the Financial District on Monday to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protest leader Charles Jenkins speaks to a crowd of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Jenkins told the crowd that the NYPD need to realize that they are part of the 99 percent and are being manipulated by the rich and privileged. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Occupy Wall Street protest leader Nellie Hester Bailey speaks to a crowd of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement in New York. Bailey is a human-rights activist and leader of the Occupy Harlem movement, which seeks to end the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy. Many of those opposed to the policy feel it is a way for the NYPD to target minorities, especially blacks and Latinos. Photo by Michael Cusanelli
Over a month has passed since Superstorm Sandy ravaged the east coast and left many communities flooded, without power, some were even left in ruins. Some of the more severely impacted areas, such as Long Beach, N.Y. and Rockaway Beach, N.Y., have gained the attention of the national news media and disaster relief efforts such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and ragtag efforts like Occupy Sandy, many smaller, but still greatly affected communities have fallen by the wayside. Continue reading 
