The gathering at Veterans Park on Main Street was an offshoot of the . The protests are primarily in opposition to Wall Street greed, but have evolved to take on several other agendas, from Palestinian autonomy to U.S. workers' unions.

"The fact that 200 to 300 people from all over Rockland showed up in Nyack on a Sunday night with very little notice shows how angry so many people are about the worsening income inequality and chronic unemployment in this country," said Nyack Mayor Richard Kavesh.