we never did figure out what this marvellously organized demonstration at City Hall was about
a couple of the locals told us that it was unreasonable to expect politicians to just 'deal' directly with protestors or media - New York's too big to allow that sort of thing - two of them were quite strong in letting me know that the idea of a media scrum was just unacceptable in America
something about lousy conditions in schools
make-up artists zooming round
stand up and sit down and chant as directed