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New York has been conservative with allowing helipads on tops of buildings since 1977, when a helicopter tipped over while attempting to land on the MetLife building in Midtown Manhattan. Some remain, but they are not for commercial use; instead, they are allowed for hospitals or police. Though he has yet to change the city’s policies, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on further restrictions for air travel, saying last April that “we must end non-essential helicopter flights immediately.” Conditions must be ideal. Visibility is the most common reason for helicopter delays or cancellations. And remember, the environment around James matters here. LA Clippers wing Kawhi Leonard famously commuted from San Diego via helicopter, while Kobe Bryant choppered from his home in Orange County, Calif., to Los Angeles Lakers games. But that was in Southern California, where skies are clearer than they are in the Northeast. Fog is common in the New York-to-Philadelphia corridor, especially in the mornings.
NBA star Kyle Kuzma blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for “cosplaying” as president over his empty threat to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Milwaukee Bucks forward said online that Mamdani’s video address last week showed he is more concerned with “content” than running America’s biggest city. “This is 2026. People cosplaying as things they don’t have the authority, the talent, or the track record to actually be. Just for content,” the NBA veteran posted on X Sunday afternoon in response to Mamdani’s clip.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is affixing signs in the Knicks’ royal blue and orange colors with each player’s name and jersey number to street poles up-and-down Manhattan’s Sixth and Seventh Avenues. For instance, Sixth Avenue and West 3 rd Street is being co-named for starting shooting guard Josh Hart, who wears number three, and Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street is being co-named for team captain and point guard Jalen Brunson, who sports number 11.
A few hundred lucky New York Knicks fans will have a chance to see the newly minted NBA champions up close after the team’s ticker-tape parade in New York City on Thursday. The city and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are giving out 600 free tickets to fans to attend a ceremony on the City Hall plaza after the parade. The parade route will start in Lower Manhattan and take the Knicks up Broadway and through the Canyon of Heroes, and conclude at City Hall for a festive celebration where Mamdani will give the Knicks keys to the city. Fans can enter a public lottery at NBA.com for a chance to win tickets. The lottery will select 300 winners, each of whom will receive two tickets. It will will run until 11 a.m. ET Wednesday.
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Aaron Rupar: Zohran Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"
The young Democratic socialist mayor claimed he paid “roughly $1,000” for his nosebleeds standing-room spot for Monday night’s Game 3 between the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, though sources with knowledge of the matter said the ticket actually cost him $750. Regular plebs had to shell out an average of around $7,500 for a ticket to the high-profile event. But Mamdani’s team reached out to MSG ahead of the game and told reps the mayor wanted a half-dozen tickets to attend the NBA Finals ahead of the games this week, and asked for the cheapest seats, according to sources briefed on the conversations.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.
On Wednesday afternoon, hours before his team’s historic 29-point comeback that gave them a commanding 3–1 series lead, James Dolan went on New York sports-talk radio and laced into Zohran Mamdani and police commissioner Jessica Tisch. “I don’t think they have faith in their own police force,” Dolan told Craig Carton. “We do! We know they know what they’re doing. Honestly, the mayor’s office and the commissioner do not have the experience to do this. They’ve never managed anything like this before.” Mamdani said the team did file a permit with the city for a watch party, but it requested only between 500 and 999 people when it could have asked for more. Dolan ultimately decided to not have the party at all. “Mr. Dolan has now decided to cancel the watch party,” Mamdani tweeted.
The mayor ultimately made the game available on LinkNYC kiosks around the city. The sides released a flurry of statements throughout the week. Mamdani spokesperson Joe Calvello said Wednesday that Dolan “seems hell bent on making sure the city has rancid vibes for the finals run.” And with less than an hour before tip-off, MSG released a statement saying the arena and team “declined to use the permit granted by Mayor Mamdani’s office” because of the small number of fans allowed to gather. “We did not think it was fair to just allow a small group to celebrate outside the Garden when everybody else was being shut out.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: MSG requested a permit for a watch party for 500-999 fans. We approved that permit for 999 fans. Mr. Dolan has now decided to cancel the watch party. I know this is breaking hearts across our city. But if there's one thing Knicks fans don't need permission for, it's showing up for our team wherever we may be — no matter the block or the borough. Knicks in five.
Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks are mad at the New York Police Department and Mayor Zohran Mamdani for not letting them throw a big enough party for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. In a statement released Tuesday, the team called NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mamdani the city’s “biggest party poopers” for putting security restrictions around the Garden for Wednesday night’s contest against the San Antonio Spurs. While the city has approved a watch party, the venue is complaining that the level of security is unnecessary. “The last several victories the Knicks have had have been celebrated by thousands and thousands outside MSG. The joy and happiness were palpable everywhere,” a statement from the venue said. “Apparently Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Tisch, despite what they say, don’t want to see these celebrations happen.”
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Couldn't agree more. We'll win this series on the court (even if the refs refuse to call a flagrant on Wemby), not by targeting, harassing, or attacking Spurs fans. Knicks in 5.