Macy’s Sparks Resentment in Brooklyn with Fireworks Snub
Macy’s announced Monday that its Fourth of July fireworks will ignite over the Hudson for a fourth year running and Brooklyn’s jilted pols were left fuming.
Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn Heights) rallied with local leaders and politicians at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday to call for the return of the fireworks display to its traditional home above the East River, but the borough’s pleas were extinguished by an official confirmation from Macy’s that it had once again chosen to illumine Manhattan’s West Side and New Jersey on the Fourth.
“New York’s Fourth of July fireworks should be a citywide celebration,” said Squadron, as quoted by the Daily News. “Instead, the millions of New Yorkers who live in Brooklyn, Queens, and the East Side of Manhattan are kept out of the party, while we send visitors and business to New Jersey.”