Tompkins Square Park

The "Police Riot"
Tape Catalog

The following tapes were made over the year following the Tompkins Square Park rebellion by Paul DeRienzo. The first tape in the catalogue is an essential starting point for historians, journalists and free spirits who want to understand what happened in Tompkins Square Park.

Listen to some of the
"Battle of Tompkins Square Park"
recorded August 6 and 7, 1988

Paul DeRienzo continues to cover the politics and social fabric of New York City and the lower East Side, together with his partner Joan Moossy, a world renowned actress and comedian.


8/8/88 Tompkins Square Park Riot Radio Show Punks Tell Their Story on WBAI-99.5-FM 1h 30m	5/2/89 Demolition of 319 E. 8th St. Street Scene 1h 90m	Angels With Dirty Faces March-89
8/8/88 Tompkins Square Park Community Mtg. St. Brigids Speakout 0h 45m Side A 0h 45m Side B	5/6/89 Safe Drugs Rally Speeches and Music 1h 0m	Tompkins Square Park Riot Cover Up April-89
8/10/88 Ninth Precinct March Lower East Side Protests Tompkins Park Police Riot 0h 45m	5/9/89 E. 8th St. Eviction News Conference 1h 0m	The Writing on the Wall Village Voice September-89
8/13/88 Tompkins Park Hosts a Day of Protest Hardcore Bands Play Tompkins Park 0h 45m	5/24/89 Squatter Defense Benefit with Alan Ginsburg 1h 30m	Double Cross Subsidy Scam Shadow February-90
8/13/88 Tompkins Park Holds a Day of Protest Midnight March on Washington Square Park 0h 30m	5/24/89 Squatter Defense Benefit with Alan Ginsburg 1h 30m	Sleaze Factor March-90
9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session 0h 45m	5/24/89 ACT-UP Housing Demo at HPD Occupation of 100 Gold Street with Willie Butler 0h 45m	More of the Sleaze Factor Shadow May-90
9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session cont. 0h 30m	6/2/89 Squatter Call-In Special on WBAI-FM 1h 0m	Cross-Subsidy Crossed-Out June-90
9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Executive Session	7/4/89 Flag Burning in Washington Square Park Skinhead Attack 0h 45m	More Sleaze Factor October/Nov.-90
9/23/88 The Parks Belong to the People Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC 1h 30m	7/6/89 Tompkins Square Park Eviction Eviction of Homeless People by NYPD 1h 30m	Who Backs Pagan? September-91 ]\
9/23/88 The Parks Belong to the People Part 2 of Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC 0h 30m	7/8/89 Reconstruction of Tent City Protestors March on 9th Police Precinct 1h 0m
10/31/88 Halloween Smoke-In/No Curfew Protest Protest in Washington Square Park featuring David Peel 0h 30m	7/10/89 Tompkins Park "Tent City" 0h 20m
11/4/88 War On Drugs Broadcast on WBAI House Sub-Committee on Narcotics: chair Charles Rangel (edited) 1h 0m	7/12/89 Tent City Support Demonstration Protest at Park Commissioner Henry Stern's Home 0h 40m
11/17/88 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Asst. DA John W. Freed/NYCLU norman Siegel/Clayton Paterson 1h 0m	7/17/89 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Diane Dunn, Kristina Piorkowska, Miriam Friedlander 0h 45m
11/17/88 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Continuation of Asst. DA John W. Freed and NYCLU's Norman Siegel 1h 0m	8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m
11/19/88 Tompkins Square Park "The First 100 Days" NYCLU Sponsored Conference on Police Brutality 1h 45m	8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m
12/1/88 Tompkins Square Task Force Meeting Testimony by Civilian Complaint Review Board Member Williamm Koontz 1h 45m	8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m
1/19/89 Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation 1h 0m	8/6/89 Tompkins Square Park: One Year Later WBAI Radio Special 0h 45m
1/19/89 Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation 1h 0m	8/17/89 Tompkins Square Park Homeless Veterans Living in Tompkins Square Park 1h 45m
2/8/89 Tompkins Square Park Task Force Meeting NYPD Inspector Elson Gelfand 1h 10m	8/27/89 Civil Rights Protest Protest in Bensohurst, Brooklyn after the murder of Yusef Hawkins 1h 0m
4/5/89 Friends of Lincoln Swados Disabled Man Dies During Eviction	10/16/89 Stock Market Crash Jump Demonstration on Wall Street 1h 0m
4/18/89 War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack 0h 30m	10/21/89 World War 3 Illustrated David Wonerovich, Seth Tobacman, Peter Plate 0h 30m
4/18/89 War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack 0h 30m	10/24/89 Community Board 3 Meeting Tompkins Park Protestors and Homeless People Seize Meeting 0h 45m
4/24/89 NYC Parks Dept. Rules: Public Meeting People Speak Out Against Anti-Homeless Rules 1h 45m	10/26/89 ABC Community Center First Eviction 0h 45m
4/24/89 NYC Parks Department Rules: Public Hearing People Speak Out continued 0h 30m	11/11/89 Tompkins square Park Protests Burning of Fences Erected By Parks Department 0h 20
4/24/89 Parks Are For The People Special on WBAI Tompkins Square Park Activists On Park Rules 1h 30m	11/15/89 Tompkins Square Park Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City 1h 10m
4/25/89 Tompkins ark Speak-Out Includes musicians Roger Manning and Don Huston 0h 30m	11/15/89 Tompkins Square Park Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City 0h 45m	The "Police Riot" Tape Catalogue by Paul DeRienzo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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The "Police Riot" Tape Catalog

The following tapes were made over the year following the Tompkins Square Park rebellion by Paul DeRienzo. The first tape in the catalogue is an essential starting point for historians, journalists and free spirits who want to understand what happened in Tompkins Square Park.

Paul DeRienzo continues to cover the politics and social fabric of New York City and the lower East Side, together with his partner Joan Moossy, a world renowned actress and comedian.

8/8/88 Tompkins Square Park Riot Radio Show Punks Tell Their Story on WBAI-99.5-FM 1h 30m

5/2/89 Demolition of 319 E. 8th St. Street Scene 1h 90m

Angels With Dirty Faces March-89

8/8/88 Tompkins Square Park Community Mtg. St. Brigids Speakout 0h 45m Side A 0h 45m Side B

5/6/89 Safe Drugs Rally Speeches and Music 1h 0m

Tompkins Square Park Riot Cover Up April-89

8/10/88 Ninth Precinct March Lower East Side Protests Tompkins Park Police Riot 0h 45m

5/9/89 E. 8th St. Eviction News Conference 1h 0m

The Writing on the Wall Village Voice September-89

8/13/88 Tompkins Park Hosts a Day of Protest Hardcore Bands Play Tompkins Park 0h 45m

5/24/89 Squatter Defense Benefit with Alan Ginsburg 1h 30m

Double Cross Subsidy Scam Shadow February-90

8/13/88 Tompkins Park Holds a Day of Protest Midnight March on Washington Square Park 0h 30m

5/24/89 Squatter Defense Benefit with Alan Ginsburg 1h 30m

Sleaze Factor March-90

9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session 0h 45m

5/24/89 ACT-UP Housing Demo at HPD Occupation of 100 Gold Street with Willie Butler 0h 45m

More of the Sleaze Factor Shadow May-90

9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session cont. 0h 30m

6/2/89 Squatter Call-In Special on WBAI-FM 1h 0m

Cross-Subsidy Crossed-Out June-90

9/19/88 Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park Community Board 3 Meeting: Executive Session

7/4/89 Flag Burning in Washington Square Park Skinhead Attack 0h 45m

More Sleaze Factor October/Nov.-90

9/23/88 The Parks Belong to the People Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC 1h 30m

7/6/89 Tompkins Square Park Eviction Eviction of Homeless People by NYPD 1h 30m

Who Backs Pagan? September-91 ]\

9/23/88 The Parks Belong to the People Part 2 of Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC 0h 30m

7/8/89 Reconstruction of Tent City Protestors March on 9th Police Precinct 1h 0m

10/31/88 Halloween Smoke-In/No Curfew Protest Protest in Washington Square Park featuring David Peel 0h 30m

7/10/89 Tompkins Park "Tent City" 0h 20m

11/4/88 War On Drugs Broadcast on WBAI House Sub-Committee on Narcotics: chair Charles Rangel (edited) 1h 0m

7/12/89 Tent City Support Demonstration Protest at Park Commissioner Henry Stern's Home 0h 40m

11/17/88 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Asst. DA John W. Freed/NYCLU norman Siegel/Clayton Paterson 1h 0m

7/17/89 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Diane Dunn, Kristina Piorkowska, Miriam Friedlander 0h 45m

11/17/88 Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting Continuation of Asst. DA John W. Freed and NYCLU's Norman Siegel 1h 0m

8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m

11/19/88 Tompkins Square Park "The First 100 Days" NYCLU Sponsored Conference on Police Brutality 1h 45m

8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m

12/1/88 Tompkins Square Task Force Meeting Testimony by Civilian Complaint Review Board Member Williamm Koontz 1h 45m

8/4/89 Lower East Side Community Controversy Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City 1h 0m

1/19/89 Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation 1h 0m

8/6/89 Tompkins Square Park: One Year Later WBAI Radio Special 0h 45m

1/19/89 Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation 1h 0m

8/17/89 Tompkins Square Park Homeless Veterans Living in Tompkins Square Park 1h 45m

2/8/89 Tompkins Square Park Task Force Meeting NYPD Inspector Elson Gelfand 1h 10m

8/27/89 Civil Rights Protest Protest in Bensohurst, Brooklyn after the murder of Yusef Hawkins 1h 0m

4/5/89 Friends of Lincoln Swados Disabled Man Dies During Eviction

10/16/89 Stock Market Crash Jump Demonstration on Wall Street 1h 0m

4/18/89 War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack 0h 30m

10/21/89 World War 3 Illustrated David Wonerovich, Seth Tobacman, Peter Plate 0h 30m

4/18/89 War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack 0h 30m

10/24/89 Community Board 3 Meeting Tompkins Park Protestors and Homeless People Seize Meeting 0h 45m

4/24/89 NYC Parks Dept. Rules: Public Meeting People Speak Out Against Anti-Homeless Rules 1h 45m

10/26/89 ABC Community Center First Eviction 0h 45m

4/24/89 NYC Parks Department Rules: Public Hearing People Speak Out continued 0h 30m

11/11/89 Tompkins square Park Protests Burning of Fences Erected By Parks Department 0h 20

4/24/89 Parks Are For The People Special on WBAI Tompkins Square Park Activists On Park Rules 1h 30m

11/15/89 Tompkins Square Park Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City 1h 10m

4/25/89 Tompkins ark Speak-Out Includes musicians Roger Manning and Don Huston 0h 30m

11/15/89 Tompkins Square Park Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City 0h 45m

The "Police Riot"
Tape Catalog

8/8/88
Tompkins Square Park Riot Radio Show
Punks Tell Their Story on WBAI-99.5-FM
1h 30m

5/2/89
Demolition of 319 E. 8th St.
Street Scene
1h 90m

Angels With Dirty Faces
March-89

8/8/88
Tompkins Square Park Community Mtg.
St. Brigids Speakout
0h 45m Side A
0h 45m Side B

5/6/89
Safe Drugs Rally
Speeches and Music
1h 0m

Tompkins Square Park Riot
Cover Up
April-89

8/10/88
Ninth Precinct March
Lower East Side Protests Tompkins Park Police Riot
0h 45m

5/9/89
E. 8th St. Eviction
News Conference
1h 0m

The Writing on the Wall
Village Voice
September-89

8/13/88
Tompkins Park Hosts a Day of Protest
Hardcore Bands Play Tompkins Park
0h 45m

5/24/89
Squatter Defense Benefit
with Alan Ginsburg
1h 30m

Double Cross Subsidy Scam Shadow
February-90

8/13/88
Tompkins Park Holds a Day of Protest
Midnight March on Washington Square Park
0h 30m

5/24/89
Squatter Defense Benefit
with Alan Ginsburg
1h 30m

Sleaze Factor
March-90

9/19/88
Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park
Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session
0h 45m

5/24/89
ACT-UP Housing Demo at HPD
Occupation of 100 Gold Street with Willie Butler
0h 45m

More of the Sleaze Factor Shadow
May-90

9/19/88
Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park
Community Board 3 Meeting: Public Session cont.
0h 30m

6/2/89
Squatter Call-In Special on WBAI-FM
1h 0m

Cross-Subsidy
Crossed-Out
June-90

9/19/88
Politicians vs. People of Tompkins Square Park
Community Board 3 Meeting: Executive Session

7/4/89
Flag Burning in Washington Square Park
Skinhead Attack
0h 45m

More Sleaze Factor
October/Nov.-90

9/23/88
The Parks Belong to the People
Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC
1h 30m

7/6/89
Tompkins Square Park Eviction
Eviction of Homeless People by NYPD
1h 30m

Who Backs Pagan?
September-91 ]\

9/23/88
The Parks Belong to the People
Part 2 of Aircheck of Broadcast on WBAI-99.5-FM in NYC
0h 30m

7/8/89
Reconstruction of Tent City
Protestors March on 9th Police Precinct
1h 0m

10/31/88
Halloween Smoke-In/No Curfew Protest
Protest in Washington Square Park featuring David Peel
0h 30m

7/10/89
Tompkins Park "Tent City"
0h 20m

11/4/88
War On Drugs Broadcast on WBAI
House Sub-Committee on Narcotics: chair Charles Rangel (edited)
1h 0m

7/12/89
Tent City Support Demonstration
Protest at Park Commissioner Henry Stern's Home
0h 40m

11/17/88
Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting
Asst. DA John W. Freed/NYCLU norman Siegel/Clayton Paterson
1h 0m

7/17/89
Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting
Diane Dunn, Kristina Piorkowska, Miriam Friedlander
0h 45m

11/17/88
Tompkins Park Task Force Meeting
Continuation of Asst. DA John W. Freed and NYCLU's Norman Siegel
1h 0m

8/4/89
Lower East Side Community Controversy
Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City
1h 0m

11/19/88
Tompkins Square Park "The First 100 Days"
NYCLU Sponsored Conference on Police Brutality
1h 45m

8/4/89
Lower East Side Community Controversy
Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City
1h 0m

12/1/88
Tompkins Square Task Force Meeting
Testimony by Civilian Complaint Review Board Member Williamm Koontz
1h 45m

8/4/89
Lower East Side Community Controversy
Columnist Kate Walter Pro-Curfew vs. Tent City
1h 0m

1/19/89
Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM
Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation
1h 0m

8/6/89
Tompkins Square Park: One Year Later
WBAI Radio Special
0h 45m

1/19/89
Drug Legalization Special on WBAI-FM
Abbie Hoffman/Rep. James Scheuer/Drug Policy Foundation
1h 0m

8/17/89
Tompkins Square Park
Homeless Veterans Living in Tompkins Square Park
1h 45m

2/8/89
Tompkins Square Park Task Force Meeting
NYPD Inspector Elson Gelfand
1h 10m

8/27/89
Civil Rights Protest
Protest in Bensohurst, Brooklyn after the murder of Yusef Hawkins
1h 0m

4/5/89
Friends of Lincoln Swados
Disabled Man Dies During Eviction

10/16/89
Stock Market Crash
Jump Demonstration on Wall Street
1h 0m

4/18/89
War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM
Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack
0h 30m

10/21/89
World War 3 Illustrated
David Wonerovich, Seth Tobacman, Peter Plate
0h 30m

4/18/89
War On Drugs Special on WBAI-FM
Omawalie Clay Speaks for Black Men Against Crack
0h 30m

10/24/89
Community Board 3 Meeting
Tompkins Park Protestors and Homeless People Seize Meeting
0h 45m

4/24/89
NYC Parks Dept. Rules: Public Meeting
People Speak Out Against Anti-Homeless Rules
1h 45m

10/26/89
ABC Community Center
First Eviction
0h 45m

4/24/89
NYC Parks Department Rules: Public Hearing
People Speak Out continued
0h 30m

11/11/89
Tompkins square Park Protests
Burning of Fences Erected By Parks Department
0h 20

4/24/89
Parks Are For The People Special on WBAI
Tompkins Square Park Activists On Park Rules
1h 30m

11/15/89
Tompkins Square Park
Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City
1h 10m

4/25/89
Tompkins ark Speak-Out
Includes musicians Roger Manning and Don Huston
0h 30m

11/15/89
Tompkins Square Park
Public Information Meeting On Removing Tent City
0h 45m