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has been proposed and implemented in many areas in the nation. In fact, in many suburban areas it is commonplace. If a curfew is implemented in New York City however,
it would likely be difficult to maintain. The reason is because New York City is very large and a curfew would be hard to enforce. Further, because New York is
a city that tends to be "late" and open all night, it is difficult to change the status quo. In some places around the nation, restaurants shut down at 10
p.m. In New York, people just begin to go out at nine or ten and this includes the parents of teenagers. Although it is true that for example teens cannot
drink and many late night establishments serve alcohol, the fact that the city supports later hours in general from store openings to business hours, it would be hard to impose
an early curfew. A bill came up in Staten Island not too long ago regarding a teen curfew but it did not pass ("Proposed," 2004). II. Background Curfews have
been around for some time and it is important to explore literature on the subject and look at other jurisdictions. How are other cities handling the problem? Curfew times
in one particular county for example are that those who are 12 or under must be home by 9 on weekdays and 10 on Friday and Saturday nights (Newsom, 1996).
Those who are 12 to 14 years old get an extra hour and beyond that, up to the age of 17, teens must be home by 11 during
the week and midnight on Friday and Saturdays (1996). In designing a program for New York City, a student writing on this subject might recommend a similar program. Perhaps a
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