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Rochester Curfew Law Unconstitutional

By Steven Silverberg and Katherine Zalantis

The New York Court of Appeals declared a law adopted by the City of Rochester fixing a curfew on minors unconstitutional. In Jiovon Anonymous v. City of Rochester the Court held "we conclude that the crime statistics produced by defendants do not support the objectives of Rochester's nocturnal curfew." After engaging in an analysis of the different levels of scrutiny that may be utilized in evaluating such regulations, as well as appropriate limitations upon the rights of minors, as opposed to those of adults, the court concluded "minors are affected by crime during curfew hours but from the obvious disconnect between the crime statistics and the nighttime curfew, it seems that no effort . . . [was] made by the [City] to ensure that the population targeted by the ordinance represented that part of the population causing trouble or that was being victimized...continue to full post

Full post as published by New York Zoning and Municipal Law Blog on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).