Mayor Won't Sleep If NYC Can't Sleep, Honking Protesters Say

NEW YORK CITY — A crackdown on illegal fireworks is coming after horn-honking protesters gathered outside Gracie Mansion Monday night to show Mayor Bill de Blasio just how annoying late night noise can be.

"If we can't sleep, Mr. Mayor, you won't sleep," said City Council member Chaim Deutsch in video posted to Twitter. "We need to end these chaotic fireworks."

Deutsch estimated a couple hundred people would join the in on the din and online video shows a long line of cars laying on the horn outside the mayor's Upper East Side residence.

The Mayor Office spokesperson Freddi Goldstein quickly took to Twitter to promise a crack-down on fireworks.

Fireworks have been blasting across New York City this month — 311 complaints skyrocketing by a blazing 4000 percent — with one man going so far as to hurl light and hurl one at a man sleeping on a Harlem street.

De Blasio announced Tuesday a "huge sting operation" with undercover buys to crack down on the people selling illegal fireworks.

Members of the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, FDNY Fire Marshalls and Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

“Illegal fireworks are both dangerous and a public nuisance," de Blasio said. "We’re cracking down on this activity at the source to ensure the safety of all New Yorkers and the ability of our neighbors to get some sleep.”

De Blasio then went on to say his office and Macy's would produce a six-day firework display running from June 29 to July 1, with a July 4 grand finale on the top of the Empire State Building.

"You'll know this is a very professional, beautiful show," said de Blasio. "Different, but very special."

Explosive firework puns courtesy of Patch reporter Matt Troutman.