New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday morning that the curfew is lifted effective immediately as the city prepares for reopening.
Following a day of peaceful protests by tens of thousands around the city, the mayor tweeted “yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city.”
New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately. Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city.
Tomorrow we take the first big step to restart. Keep staying safe. Keep looking out for each other.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) June 7, 2020
The curfew was put in effect after looting took place in New York City.
Officials suggested gangs of looters and “outside agitators” were taking advantage of peaceful George Floyd protests to wreak havoc.
The curfew originally was set for 11 p.m. -5 a.m. but was expanded to 8 p.m.-5 a.m. due to continued looting and property damage. It included a ban on most vehicular traffic in Manhattan below 96th Street.
Let me guess “Jews will have Curfew from 8Pm-10am bc they aren’t wearing masks!
All about that tough love!