'If You Want To Stay Open Later, Maybe There Should Be Certain Requirements'

Cory Booker (credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Bing)Cory Booker (credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Bing)
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The recent bloodshed at a Bergen Street bodega and an IHOP right across the street from busy University Hospital has Newark officials again talking about curfews and armed security.
“Irvington closes their bars an hour before we do. East Orange closes restaurants at 10 p.m., so why in Newark [do] we let folks kind of have their way and go a lot later?” Newark Mayor Cory Booker asked.
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