On September 17th, 2011, New York City’s Wall Street financial district became home to the first Occupy Protest. That morning several thousand people gathered in the streets of New York City. Upwards of 100 people set up camp later in the evening in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, owned by Brookfield Office Properties (van Gelder). The Occupy Protesters were opposed to the expansive wealth gap between the nation’s wealthiest 1% and the remaining 99% of lower to middle class citizens. Before long, protesters began calling themselves “the 99%”. What began as a barely organized endeavor quickly became a global media sensation. In next to no time at all, Occupy Protests began taking place not only in other cities in the United States, such as Boston and Chicago, but all over the world. Protesters emerged in Asia, Latin America, and Europe, all united under the opposition of big banks, corporate greed and economic inequality (Stelloh). In the weeks following the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration, protesters slept in sleeping bags in Zuccotti Park, constructed greywater systems, started a meal service operated by volunteers, and utilized the bathroom facilities of nearby businesses. Some members of the protest opened their homes to fellow demonstrators for the purpose of taking care of their personal hygiene needs. On October 6th, 2011, Brookfield Office Properties stated that sanitation was becoming a major concern and one week later Mayor Bloomberg and the proprietor of Zuccotti Park declared that the park would be closed the following morning for cleaning. They also planned to bar protesters from returning with sleeping bags following the cleaning. In response to this statement, protesters spent the majority of the night sweeping, mopping, and cleaning the park and as a result the property owner postponed the evacuation. Protesters