I've been hearing from friends from other parts of the country complain about this new increase too, so I tried to Google if there any news stories about this. It looks like very similar things are happening in multiple cities the last couple of weeks:
LA: https://laist.com/latest/post/20200620/fireworks-LA-losangeles-june-why
Bay area: https://abc7news.com/why-are-dogs-scared-of-fireworks-illegal-near-me-juneteenth/6258266/
Not really sure what this means. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe people everywhere are just extra needing to blow off steam, maybe there is a surplus of fireworks being offloaded, or maybe it's a coordinated op. Nobody knows why it's happening, or how to stop it. But I don't think this is just a problem inherent to NYC like people seem to be implying if it's happening all over, even in quieter places.
To psychologically agitate people and make them more volatile (make bad decisions). Watch the Netflix series on Waco. It’s a classic psyop.