• Motorists honked their horns as they lined up on East End Avenue just outside Gracie Mansion on New York's Upper East Side late on Monday


• Protesters were angry over Mayor Bill de Blasio's inaction in face of widespread use of illegal fireworks across the five boroughs in recent weeks


• Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams told residents to not call 311 or 911 about complaints over illegal fireworks in New York City


• He suggested residents rely on community response to solve issue


• More than 1,700 complaints were recorded in the first half of June alone - 80 times as many as it recorded last year at the same time


• Adams said police should focus on stopping the flow of illegal fireworks into New York City


• Similar complaints have been made across the country in cities like Philadelphia, Las Vegas and places in California's Bay Area


• The surge in firework displays comes amid demonstrations and protests over the death of African-American man George Floyd

Hundreds are protesting outside Gracie Mansion in #Manhattan right now after @NYCMayor refuses to do anything about the insane fireworks the last few weeks plaguing NYC. Residents can't sleep, so they decided to not allow Deblasio to sleep tonight either. pic.twitter.com/Kom1X7PTPM

— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) June 23, 2020