Fireworks task force

Gov. Cuomo announces task force to investigate illegal fireworks.

Announced state police is forming a task force that will block illegal fireworks from coming into the state and will expand powers for local law enforcement.

This is in response to the increased number of fireworks complaints across the state.

Here's newschannel 2's callihan marshall.

05:55;23 cuomo says "fire works are dangerous and fireworks are illegal."

During a briefing today, the governor expressed his dissatifaction for fireworks going off.

06:10;25 cuomo says "ive never heard it like this before.

They are disturbing and they are bothering people and they are dangerous."

He says the primary supplier for the state is pennsylvania.

He's now forming a task force to investigate and seek out illgal fire works, and expand powers for law enforcement to deal with that.

06:34;29 cuomo says "the state police are going to start a fireworks enforcement detail, we're going to try to prevent the fireworks from coming into the state in the first place before they get distributed.

07;11;00 we'll also be helping local governments deal with this issue, but i need local government in this state to be taking it seriously."

Oneida county executive anthony picente had some comments.

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None "11:34;00 picente now is not the time to go overboard with these things.

And large deomnstartins are not allowed.

They're putting a great many people at risk and it is causing a great strife in neighborhoods and police are getting stressed out and dealing with that and all the other concerns that they have."

Utica police say possessing illegal fire works is a class b misdemeanor.

In utca, callihan marshall newschannel 2.

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