ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2014 Fourth of July violence in several upstate New York cities has prompted a response which, if implemented, would make young people stay at home past certain hours. The idea of a curfew, for now \u2014 is just that. \u00a0<\/p>\n
There are things most everyone can agree that kids should be doing during the summer. And there are things young people shouldn\u2019t be doing, which is why Rochester\u2019s mayor this week floated the idea of a curfew<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is something that I am seriously looking into,\u201d said Mayor Malik Evans. \u201cI think it’s a shame that I have to look into it.\u201d<\/p>\n The mayor\u2019s comments came Monday. The city\u2019s legal team is looking into a possible curfew, after seven people were shot and one stabbed in two incidents during the July Fourth weekend.<\/p>\n In Buffalo, multiple people were shot during a July Fourth street party<\/a>. The mayor there is also floating the idea.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to look into it with our corporation counsel’s office, but also talk to the mayors of Rochester, Syracuse and Albany,\u201d said Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan. \u201cThey’re all facing almost the exact same problem that we are.\u201d<\/p>\n Curfews are designed to keep young people off the streets during certain hours, usually at night. Spectrum News 1 asked young people playing basketball, part of a school summer program, for their thoughts.<\/p>\n \u201cPersonally, I think it’s not a good idea because some people want to have fun,\u201d said Jeremiah, 13. \u00a0\u201cLet’s say they get back late at night and people want to go outside, what if they’re playing basketball and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think they should just like, not do it, because people have fun,\u201c said Xavier, 12.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s the city’s response to what’s happening, and it’s an appropriate response to what’s happening,\u201d said Jerome Ward, CEO of Chisel Collective. \u201cBut a curfew should be set at home.\u201d<\/p>\n