Sponsor Message It's illegal to set off your own fireworks in New York, and Mayor Bill de Blasio has said the city is going to crack down on suppliers. "We're going to start a huge sting operation ...

to identify retailers and large scale buyers responsible for the import of illegal fireworks to New York City. “In addition, McGuire will add resources, transparency and accountability to the ...

NEW YORK - July 4 is fast approaching, and officials are reminding New Yorkers once again that fireworks are illegal in New York City. In New York state, only sparkling devices (also known as ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Fireworks in New York are illegal, but you'd never know it these days. Complaints are way up and patience is going down. If you've been anywhere around the city in the past ...

More than 30 people have been arrested in New York in recent weeks as part of the city’s summer crackdown on dangerous and noisy illegal fireworks, the city’s sheriff said Tuesday. Since the ...

The busts targeted people trafficking illegal fireworks into the city ... the FDNY Fire Marshall and a Fireworks Task Force of New York and New Jersey state police departments and the Port ...

Though they’ve since been banned due to the countless injuries they’ve produced, this year has seen a record number of illegal fireworks light up the streets of New York at night. The ...

At least eight people in New York City were arrested over the weekend for possessing illegal fireworks. The FDNY Fire Marshall says the agency confiscated $8,400 worth of fireworks on Saturday and ...

New York City police responded overnight to a bloody knife fight in a Bronx park involving a man shooting off illegal fireworks, police said. The NYPD said the man, 24, was lighting fireworks in ...

fireworks such as firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, spinners, and aerial devices remain illegal across New York State. The sale and use of sparklers and some novelty devices are legal ...