Macy's to Snub Jersey City Again

Macy's will not display fireworks in the Hudson River for a second year in a row shafting Jersey City residents once more. The official fireworks site lists four barges, three in the east river and a fourth below South Street in Lower Manhattan. No barge will be in the Hudson River serving New Jersey.

Last year, Macy's snubbed Jersey City residents by canceling a planned fireworks barge in the Hudson River. The City of Jersey City had been looking to contribute to that display in the hopes of making it larger. Macy's didn't like the idea and canceled their barge. Initially Jersey City planned to go ahead and shoot off fireworks from a barge paid for by the city, but then Macy's somehow cajoled the New York Fire Department to cancel Jersey City's display. The Hudson River is governed by a century old treaty that makes all but the shoreline the domain of the NYPD, even though the state border is somewhere under water.

Jersey City newcomers may not recall the Macy's displays of the passed visible from Liberty State Park or the Paulus Hook waterfront, but for many Jersey City residents, Hudson River fireworks were far more convenient than heading off to Brooklyn. Last year Jersey City shot fireworks off from the grounds of Liberty State Park, hence circumventing the NYPD's ban and Macy's snub.

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