De Blasio planning HUGE STING OPERATION to catch illegal fireworks sellers after noisy protest at his NYC mansion
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is forming a “fireworks task force” of over 40 officers from the police and fire departments after irate residents demanding action on the problem staged a noisy protest outside his home.
In what must be record timing for city government, de Blasio announced the new fireworks unit on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a gathering of angry sleep-deprived New Yorkers gathered outside his Gracie Mansion residence to honk their horns, rev their engines, and loudly lecture him about civic responsibility and the importance of a good night’s sleep.
The task force will involve “undercover buys” and “sting operations,” and include 12 fire marshals, 10 police officers from the city’s Intelligence Bureau, and 20 members of the Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, according to a Tuesday press release. It will target “suppliers, distributors and possessors” both in and out of the city.
Acknowledging he was “taking seriously” the “quality of life problem and [the] noise problem,” de Blasio also warned that fireworks “can be dangerous.” Indeed, one video circulating on social media appears to show someone tossing a large lit firework onto a homeless man in Harlem; another shows someone lighting and throwing a firework into an open window, where it explodes indoors.
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