Overview
- The Knicks were celebrated with a free confetti parade from Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall on Thursday, June 18, followed by a ticketed City Hall ceremony where Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented keys to the team.
- City officials ran a public lottery that awarded 600 free City Hall tickets to 300 winners, and strict screening, station closures and transit changes were put in place to manage access.
- The New York Police Department deployed about 10,000 officers for the events and Governor Kathy Hochul ordered 15 state landmarks to be lit in Knicks orange and blue as an official statewide tribute.
- Emergency responders reported at least nine people taken to hospitals and police made multiple arrests as isolated violent incidents and medical emergencies occurred during and after the celebration.
- Attendance was described as enormous by officials, with one police figure cited at more than two million people as city crews began large-scale cleanup and officials opened follow-up reviews of crowd-management and safety operations.