It seemed like the Fourth of July was noisier than usual for residents of New York's capital city.
Last week Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and city officials held a press conference to go over guidelines for legal fireworks.
The mayor suggested revelers follow this rule-of-thumb: "Anything that shoots up in the air is not legal. Anything that creates a big boom is not legal."
Come Tuesday, Albany was rocked by big booms, smaller pops and dazzling backyard fireworks displays...
Acting Police Chief Robert Sears says the publicity fizzled.
"We'll need to do a better job next year. It was definitely significant this year as well. To say it was more than last year, I don't know. But it didn't lower it to the level that we hoped it did. So we'll look at different ways we can get the message out next year."
Some municipalities like Schenectady County banned fireworks altogether.
