NYPD readies security as fans line up early for Knicks victory parade

NYPD readies security as fans line up early for Knicks victory parade

Massive crowds are expected in New York on Thursday (June 18) for a ticker-tape parade celebrating the NBA champion New York Knicks, capping a dream season for one of basketball's most long-suffering franchises. The parade, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani predicted could be the largest in the city's history, will start at 10 a.m. near the southern tip of Manhattan and proceed to City Hall, where he will present the team with symbolic keys to the city. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who estimated crowds could number in the millions, has ordered the deployment of 10,000 officers to Lower Manhattan. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys will serenade the revelers, according to Knicks owner James Dolan. Viral videos following the team's 94-90 clinching victory on Saturday showed hundreds of fans celebrating on the streets singing the 2009 hit "Empire State of Mind," an unofficial city anthem she recorded with fellow New Yorker, rapper Jay-Z.

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