[Updated at 10:20 p.m. ET] A New York judge issued an order Tuesday morning allowing Occupy Wall Street protesters to return to Zuccotti Park, just hours after scores of police in riot gear ordered them out and tore down their tents.

The order from New York Supreme Court Judge Lucy Billings allows protesters to bring tents and other equipment back into the privately-owned park where the now-global Occupy movement began.

City officials had intended to allow protests to resume at the park, but said they would not allow demonstrators to set up tents or camp. The park will remain closed until officials sort out the legal situation, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

“We have an obligation to enforce the laws today, to make sure that everybody has access to the park so everybody can protest. That’s the First Amendment and it’s number one on our minds,” he said. “We also have a similar, just as important obligation to protect the health and safety of the people in the park.”

A hearing was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET to discuss the order.

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