The Fourth of July 2026 is rapidly approaching and fireworks vendors are starting to pop up in locations around New York.
Here’s a reminder of what’s legal in New York when it comes to fireworks:
New York allows ground-based or hand-held devices that produce showers of colored sparks or a colored flame, audible crackling or whistling noises and smoke, according to the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Collectively, the items allowed under state law are known as “sparkling devices.”…