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New York City Moves Up Curfew To 8 PM After Looting Follows Peaceful Protests

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By Dade Hayes Finance Editor New York City has imposed a curfew of 8 PM on Tuesday, three hours earlier than it was on Monday, after waves of looting followed peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday morning that the curfew would remain in place for the rest of the week. The move came after a night of looting across the city.

The flagship Macy’s department store in Herald Square, a familiar site to TV viewers of the Thanksgiving Day parade, and a number of other retail stores were ransacked Monday as police worked to contain the situation.

Before Monday, the last time New York had a curfew was in 1943, when an African-American soldier was shot and injured by a white police officer. “These

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