Posted on 12/02/2011 12:29:02 PM PST by God luvs America
The owner of an eatery in New York City's Lower Manhattan who said he was forced to let go 25 percent of his staff last month due to the Occupy Wall Street protests now says he might have to close his doors for good come next week.
Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe, tells FoxNews.com that authorities have not taken down barricades around Zuccotti Park and along Wall Street despite the dwindling number of protesters since they were evicted from their encampment two weeks ago, keeping consumer foot traffic and his profits to a minimum.
“It’s like a siege mentality down here. It’s killing business for everyone down here,” said Epstein, who said he was forced to fire 21 employees after sales dropped 30 percent since the start of the Occupy Movement. “If we don’t get relief, I won’t be able to stay open past Tuesday.”
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Good, you voted for the D!ckHead!
lol. Whats his email or website? Maybe we should send him our thoughts. lol
What a bunch of dickheads. Shutting down a new business that gave jobs to their so-called 99%
I think you're correct about that. I'm sure that Blooming Idiot doesn't care about this shop. If he could evict them and build a mosque there he would do it.
Who cares, he’s Jewish anyway.
...or at least that’s how the Occupy crowd sees it. If he were black, gay, etc., then they’d get Soros to help him out.
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