See, Brookfield Properties is a Canadian company. In fact, they built some of the most important and storied buildings in Canadian history like Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum. They actually OWNED the Montreal Canadiens hockey team at one ponit. They are a huge organization. Big news here in Canada.
So you can count on the CBC to get the story.
A spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose girlfriend is a member of Brookfield's board of directors, said Brookfield requested the city's assistance in maintaining the park
I don't have much time to write more but read the CBC article. They have provided some of the best coverage of the protests I've seen.