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mountaineer:
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Philadelphia lawmakers have a solution to the "bad late-night behavior" in the city.
More policing? Harsher sentences? Nah.
Punish businesses that stay open late.
5:26 PM · May 22, 2024
--- Quote ---New bill could enforce curfew for more Philadelphia businesses
By Jennifer Joyce
Published  May 20, 2024 10:35pm EDT
FOX 29 Philadelphia

More Philadelphia neighborhoods could be following in Kensington's footsteps after some businesses were required to shut their doors by 11 p.m. back in March.

A council member in Mount Airy and West Oak Lane is pushing for a similar curfew in an effort to curb what he calls "bad, late-night behavior."

"This is a very preventative measure, but it’s also about preserving the quality of life," Philadelphia City Councilmember Anthony Phillips explained to one Ogotnz Avenue business owner.

The new bill would set a midnight curfew for businesses from 66th Street to Cheltenham Avenue.

It comes after Phillips says residents of Mount Airy and West Oak Lane voiced complaints about nuisance behavior.

"We have watched and witnessed business owners allowing loitering to take place, smoking to take place, dumping to take place and they’re not calling 3-1-1, City Council offices and they’re not calling police. Why? Because it’s some of their clientele and some of them are also afraid. ...
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