Occupy Wall protestors were temporarily evicted from Zuccoti Park in what officials described as a long overdue sanitation maintenance at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

"I have become increasingly concerned--as had the park's owner, Brookfield Properties--that the occupation was coming to pose health and fire safety hazards to the protestors and to the surrounding community," said Mayor Bloomberg, in a statement issued around 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Protestors have been camping out in the park with their sleeping bags and tents, turning the Park into their homes. Some of the protestors refused to leave, using bike chains to tie themselves to trees.

The park has not been empty since mid-September when the protests began their stand to Occupy Wall Street.

College students, owners of small businesses and unemployed New Yorkers, who have been addressing themselves as the 99%, have been camping out in the park and carrying out marches opposing the actions of corporate businesses - many of whom are based in New York's Wall Street district.

The movement has gained attention across the coast as protestors gather in support within other cities like Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California.

The park was opened later Tuesday morning under the condition that protestors not bring food and camp overnight. About 750 people gathered in the park.

Those who did not adhere to this were sent away.

Many of the protestors were face to face with police officers Tuesday morning. According to police commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, about 200 protestors--142 from the park and about 50 to 60 near the streets--were arrested.

Although their occupation of Zuccoti Park has been interrupted, the majority of protestors do not see it as a defeat and instead believe that their movement will grow.

"This reminds everyone who was occupying why we were occupying," said 23-year-old protestor Nate Barchus to New York Times reporters.