"The OWS eviction was actually planned for weeks — but it was only on Sunday that Bloomberg finally decided to pull the trigger, during a secret meeting at Gracie Mansion with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Fire Commission Sal Cassano, Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway and Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo, sources said.
The decision was kept under wraps for more than 24 hours — even the cops called to assemble Monday night between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges were initially told it was for a drill.