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Fox News<\/a>\u00a0reported on Thursday that\u00a0New York Communities for Change (NYCC), the new incarnation of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in New York, is desperately attempting to cover its connections to Occupy Wall Street.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers to blame disgruntled ex-employees for leaking information in an effort to explain away a FoxNews.com report last week on the group\u2019s involvement in Occupy Wall Street protests, according to sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n NYCC also is installing surveillance cameras and recording devices at its Brooklyn offices, removing or packing away supplies bearing the name ACORN and handing out photos of Fox News staff with a stern warning not to talk to the media, the sources said.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please follow the link above to read the entire article. There is an amazing section in the article which involves around a discussion of whether or not paying people to carry signs is paying them to protest. The article cites a quote from Jonathan Westin, NYCC\u2019s organizing director,\u00a0when staffers confronted him with the fact that the group was paying\u00a0protesters:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fox News\u00a0reported on Thursday that\u00a0New York Communities for Change (NYCC), the new incarnation of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in New York, is desperately attempting to cover its connections to Occupy Wall Street. The article reports: … Continue reading <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"