New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez was among those arrested overnight during a police raid on Zuccotti Park.

“One of the earliest supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Council Member Rodriguez had come to the park as soon as he heard police might be evicting the protesters,” the councilman’s spokesman David Segal said in a statement.

Rodriguez, who represents northern Manhattan, is a supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Segal says the councilman will speak to the media after he’s released from central booking.

Around 70 people were arrested Tuesday morning after police in riot gear raided the park to clear out protesters, tents, tarps and sleeping bags so cleaning crews could move in.

Some of the demonstrators even chained themselves together.

It is not clear what charges Rodriguez is facing.

(Source: WCBSTV)