Rise and grind Mayor! Occupy Wall Street protesters who were kicked out of their downtown “home” last week moved uptown Sunday, to lay siege to Mayor Bloomberg’s swank Upper East Side townhouse with drumming and chanting. And he thought they beat Occupy Wall Street. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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But cops closed down the block, one of the city’s most exclusive, forcing Bloomberg’s neighbors on E. 79th St. between Fifth and Madison to show ID to get past barricades.

City Hall officials would not say if the billionaire mayor was home to hear the commotion. They shutdown of E. 79th street was standard during past protests of the mayor’s house.

“A Fifth Avenue setup is typically used for protests like this, and long has been,” said spokesman Stu Loeser.

Protesters whose encampment at Zuccotti Park was demolished last week vowed to keep up the drumming for 24 hours — until 2 p.m. Monday.

“Bloomberg made a big mistake kicking the protesters out – now they’re everywhere,” said Marian Swerdlow, 62, who lives on the upper East Side and teaches in south Brooklyn.

“It’s going to keep spreading. He’ll see that this movement has support,” she said. “He has to start treating people with respect.”

She carried a sign bearing three names: Mubarak, Ghadafi, Bloomberg. The first two, notorious dictators toppled this year, were crossed out.

There was a festive atmosphere with dancing and singing.

Brett Massimi, eight months old, sat in a stroller playing maracas with her mom, Valerie Massimi, 44, an English teacher from Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

“She gives a good energy to the protests,” said the dancing motm. “She wants her social security.”

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