NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a news conference at City Hall where they announced that the two men accused of carrying out last week’s bombing of the Boston Marathon planned an additional bomb attack on New York’s Times Square on April 25, 2013 in New York City. In interrogations with younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, police have learned that the two had planned to take the car that they hijacked and its driver from Boston last Thursday night and to New York with bombs. The plan was foiled after the car ran low on gas and the two brothers got into a firefight with police. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo: Spencer Platt/2013 Getty Images
A recently passed bill to allow the sale of sparklers in New York wouldn’t even apply in the five boroughs, but Mayor Bloomberg is still urging Governor Cuomo to veto it, arguing that terrorists could use the fireworks to make a bomb. The mayor’s office pointed to failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, though he used fireworks containing gunpowder, which isn’t found in sparklers. You can ponder whether the risks are worth it while making your annual pre-Fourth of July trek to Connecticut.
