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You know it's summer when the Mayor, Fire Commissioner, and Police Commissioner hold a press conference to remind New Yorkers that the city has a "zero tolerance policy" when it comes to fireworks. Against a colorful display of contraband materials, the Mayor said, "If you are caught using fireworks, we can and we will arrest you. If you are caught selling fireworks, we can and will shut down your business and starting this year, if you are caught smuggling or transporting fireworks, we can and will confiscate your car." While we understand the safety reasons for stricter rules, this also sounds very Giuliani-esque. Which makes sense, since Giuliani formed the Joint Fireworks Taskforce in 1995, and prohibited fireworks during Chinese New Year in 1997. It's all about the confetti launchers, though they probably shouldn't be used near sparklers.
This year's Macy's July 4th Fireworks will be on a Tuesday night.
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Too bad Bloomberg doesn't apply this policy to reckless car drivers who threaten (and kill/injure) pedestrians and bicyclists everyday.
Fireworks are chump change compared to motorist and our car culture.
The city seizes cars all the time. And the Feds will too. Also, don't get caught with drug money and then deny it's yours. Automatic forfeiture.
thats right..come over to jersey and get your fireworks! hell..ask my chinese neighbor..he almost lit the entire street on fire last year lol! the smoke was so bad we had to close the windows cause it was setting off the fire alarms lol!
Ridiculous 'free' country. If you want to blow off your fingers, that's your own damn choice. NY has no more balls since it became Minneapolis on the Hudson. Thanks a lot to sex and the city.
guess we gotta celebrate the old fashioned way,
shoot our guns into the sky.
Wow, connecting Sex and the City and a fireworks ban... that\'s a new one.
Lionrichie: All I have is the image of Yosemite Sam from Looney Tunes poppin\' off caps into the sky. Yeehaw!
Ahh Doret, but what happens when your Roman Candle sets my roof on fire?
h -- if i liked listening to boring moralist lectures i\'d get up early on sunday. your half-assedly expressed sense of aesthetics should not be our policy. if you don\'t like it, move to berkeley or someplace else where they like that sort of thing, but please don\'t try to remake new york into your own image and make it a new dipshit jerusalem.
nycinic -- everyone knows that roman candles are most fun when fired at the people you\'re with, not other people\'s roofs. and although fireworks are -totally- inappropriate in such a densely populated area i do lament the modern drive to eliminate all possible risks at any cost and try to child-proof the world.