The city is imposing alternate-side rules for Zuccotti Park.
Mayor Bloomberg went to the base of the Occupy Wall Street protesters last night to inform them that the park’s owners need to clean up tomorrow after the demonstrators’ weeks-long rally.
But he added they could return once the park is tidied up, officials said.
“The last three weeks have created unsanitary conditions and considerable wear and tear on the park,” a statement from Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said. “The situation is not in the best interests of the protesters, residents or the city.”
The statement came as four more demonstrators were arrested, including a 73-year-old California man for assaulting a cop. They were busted near the park, on Liberty Street and were hit with charges of resisting arrest, loitering, being disguised in public and obstructing government administration.
The owner of Zuccotti, Brookfield Properties said “the cleaning will be done in stages and the protesters will be able to return to the areas that have been cleaned, provided they abide by the rules.”
A letter from Brookfield CEO Richard Clark to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, asks for police to “help clear the park.”
It wasn’t immediately clear if all the protesters would be forced out before the cleaning begins or how long the process would take.
The letter describes the squalor that has accumulated after the anti-greed demonstrators set up camp last month, saying rodents have descended onto the once-clean park.
A Brookfield spokeswoman did not return requests for comment.
Protesters last night were concerned this was a ruse to kick them out for good.
“If they want to clean the park, why don’t they make a plan with the organizers of Occupy Wall Street to clean the park?” asked David Martinez.
Additional reporting by Erin Calabrese and Rebecca Harshbarger