It’s clear whom Occupy Wall Street members are backing for mayor — even though Bill de Blasio snubbed them during their anniversary celebration Tuesday.
About 100 demonstrators gathered in Zuccotti Park to mark two years since the group first occupied the lower Manhattan plaza, chanting, “We are the 99 percent.”
De Blasio, who in 2011 spoke at Zuccotti Park, was a short distance away, getting an endorsement at City Hall from former primary rival Christine Quinn as he positions himself as a mainstream Democrat in the general election.
Four demonstrators were arrested Tuesday, three for illegally wearing masks. Several were arrested later for blocking Second Avenue at 47th Street, police said.
De Blasio, who made taxing the wealthy a keynote of his primary campaign, was asked Tuesday about OWS.
“I don’t know what the future of that movement is. I simply can say that I respect what people in that movement are saying.”