Overview
- The city is enforcing a 10 p.m. curfew tonight for youths without adult supervision, described as covering ages 12–17 in city messaging and as under 18 in other notices.
- Chicago Police will expand their presence and enforce no‑loitering rules, with security checkpoints, bag checks and gated access near the riverfront festivities.
- Outreach workers are stationed along the Riverwalk to de‑escalate conflicts and guide attendees to safe routes and late‑night CTA options between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
- The measures follow November’s post–tree‑lighting violence downtown, where nine teens were shot and one was killed during large youth gatherings.
- Legislative efforts to broaden curfew powers remain unresolved after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s earlier veto of a ‘snap curfew’ and Ald. Brian Hopkins’ newer ‘time and place’ proposal being sent to the Rules Committee.