When it comes to self-indulgent behavior, the Wall Street squatters should look in the mirror. Thanks to them, says an area cafe owner, 21 people have been laid off and the cafe is fighting just to survive.
A New York City cafe cut its staff by nearly 25 percent last week because of lost business due to the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests, the cafe’s owner told FoxNews.com.
Marc Epstein, owner of the Milk Street Cafe at 40 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, said he had to cut 21 of the 97 members of his staff on Thursday and Friday after seeing sales plummet by 30 percent in the six weeks since the protests began. He’s also been forced to slash the restaurant operating hours, moving up his closing time from 9 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Meantime, Raleigh’s squatters want to do so permanently, and Raleigh continues to spend taxpayer dollars on security.
