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New York City has been bombarded with fireworks in recent weeks, with more than 1,700 complaints filed with the NYPD since the start of the month.
Still, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams advised on Sunday that neighbors should not call the NYPD to complain about other shooting off pyrotechnics at night.
While telling reporters on Sunday that prevention programs such as LifeCamp could reduce the commonality of illegal fireworks, Adams stressed cops should not be responsible for the noise complaints after weeks of calls to reform policing as a result of the death of George Floyd.
“We want a good community response to dealing with a nuisance, this is a nonviolent act. Those three numbers that we dial, 911? Get over that, this is not the city that you said you wanted to live in, and now you have a role to ensure that it’s not done,” Adams said. “Either we’re going to stop heavy-handed policing and our communities are going to be engaged… We marched for two-plus weeks over ending over-aggressive police action, we’re not going backwards.”