Port Jefferson mayor considers options to curb uptick in violent crime
News 12 Staff
Updated on: Jun 22, 2021, 9:51pm
Port Jefferson Mayor Margot Garant says she is considering
numerous options to get a handle on the recent uptick in violence in the quaint
village.
One of the measures she could take is instituting a curfew
of 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m.
Roger Rutherford, the Port Jefferson Business Improvement
District president, says that is not the answer, saying that a fatal daytime
shooting in March had nothing to do with the bar scene. We have to be tough in policing, that whenever there