As Fireworks Complaints Explode, One Community Debates Best Response

WNYC News | Jun 25, 2020


Fireworks have been lighting up the skies in recent weeks, and also irritating many New Yorkers. The noise is triggering a deluge of complaints. The NYPD says they received nearly 13-thousand 911 calls during the first three weeks of June alone. 

Pastor Gil Monrose is an anti-violence activist in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood. He says his community has been grappling with how to take care of the problem themselves. He spoke with WNYC's Kerry Nolan. 

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