#Dad of boy struck by firework blasts de Blasio for city response

The father of the Bronx boy who was struck by an illegal firework Wednesday blasted the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio for not doing enough to stop the recent barrage of pyrotechnics.

“This is just getting worse and I guess thanks to the mayor, he hasn’t taken actions at all against these fireworks and the cops aren’t doing anything at all,” Jesus Rosario, 32, railed from his Anderson Avenue apartment, where 3-year-old Adiel was blasted around 12:15 a.m.

“They should definitely put a stop to it. This is out of hand already because no action as been taken at all.”

Adiel and his 17-year-old sister were watching from their sixth-floor apartment window as a group popped off the fireworks. The teen was filming on her phone when a firework suddenly ripped through the open window, striking Adiel.

“He was crying and saying, ‘Firework came in and boom,’” recalled the dad, who was sleeping at the time.

The boy suffered first- and second-degree burns to his arm and received five stitches to his left bicep. The device also burned through several items in the apartment, including a teddy bear, clothing and a small couch, Rosario said.

The dad and neighbors in the Highbridge building say they’ve been terrorized by the non-stop firework activity for weeks now.

“This is an every-night thing. Probably for the last two weeks,” Rosario said.

He said when he scooped the boy up to take him to the hospital, his car was blocked by more fireworks that were going off in the direction of his car.

He said he told the group of young men setting off the fireworks, “Nice show. Look what happened to my kid. Now I have to go to the hospital.”

They fled.

Earlier this week, de Blasio announced a task force to crack down on illegal fireworks — but said authorities would only go after the distributors and suppliers, not the pyromaniacs themselves.

Rosario slammed that plan.

“The NYPD should take care of the people doing it because if they don’t put a stop to people doing it, they won’t stop buying it,” he said.

Rosario said Adiel’s injuries would’ve been worse had the projectile not hit the window guard first.

“Imagine if it was a bigger firework,” he said. “I mean, anybody could get killed.”

Laura Feyer, a city hall spokeswoman, said the fire marshal is investigating the incident.

Police said one person is in custody but has not been arrested.

“As the mayor has said, life-threatening or dangerous behavior will of course be addressed in the course of enforcement,” Feyer added. “The larger point of the task force is to cut the supply off at the source.”