NEW : `` People are stealing from the middle class , '' a protester says . NEW : Bloomberg says he does n't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve . NEW : He says authorities will defend protesters ' right to demonstrate . NEW : Protesters hopped on the subway , emerging at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street near Central Park , where organizers held a press conference that addressed both New York-centric themes , such as state taxes , and the movement 's broader concerns of social inequity . Police say they have no plans for any arrests or violence against demonstrators.
NEW : `` People are stealing from the middle class , '' a protester says . NEW : Bloomberg says he does n't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve . NEW : He says authorities will defend protesters ' right to demonstrate . NEW : Police say they have no plans for any arrests or violence against demonstrators.