New York City's 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew ended Tuesday morning, but because looting continued in Manhattan and other parts of the city, the mayor's office announced a second curfew will start even earlier Tuesday night. After looters hit stores all over the city before the curfew went into place, the mayor's office announced the second, earlier curfew starting Tuesday night at 8:00. That one will also lift at 5 a.m. Wednesday.
The limit on a city of more than 8 million people comes after months of restrictions already imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the NYPD would double its police force in the city from 4,000 to 8,000, deploying to areas where violence and property damage occurred during Sunday night's George Floyd protests - specifically in lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
By early Monday evening, the extra presence had not stopped looters. There were widespread reports of looting at luxury stores across Manhattan.
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