{"id":40765,"date":"2026-07-01T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=40765"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:18:18","slug":"mayor-mamdani-honors-2026-knicks-championship-team-with-temporary-street-co-namings-across-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/40765","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani honors 2026 Knicks championship team with temporary street co-namings across Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced that each member of the 2026 National Basketball Association (NBA) champion New York Knicks will be honored with a temporary street co-naming in Manhattan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each blue-and-orange commemorative sign features a player\u2019s name and jersey number. The street where each sign is installed corresponds to that player\u2019s name and jersey number, creating a championship route through the heart of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis championship is bigger than basketball. It represents what our city is capable of when the odds are stacked against us. For as long as we live, every New Yorker will remember the feeling of our city coming together \u2014 not because of tragedy or adversity, but out of joy and happiness,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis championship belongs to every fan who packed our parks and plazas and every neighbor who high-fived a stranger after another impossible comeback. These street signs are a tribute to the players who delivered the championship generations of fans waited their whole lives to see and the city that stood behind them every step of the way. Long after the confetti is gone, New Yorkers will be able to walk these streets and remember the team that brought our city so much joy. Knicks in five.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis New York Knicks team brought so much life to our streets during their magical playoff run, so it\u2019s only right we return the favor,\u201d said\u202fNYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith each postseason win, more and more New Yorkers came together in the streets, on sidewalks and in plazas to watch the Knicks play and celebrate their improbable comebacks. New Yorkers will never forget this historic championship run or the players that brought them together for the most joyful 10 weeks we\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks captured their first NBA championship in 53 years with a 16-3 postseason record, completing one of the most memorable playoff runs in franchise history. Time and again, the team erased double-digit deficits and delivered dramatic comeback victories that united New Yorkers across all five boroughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced that each member of the 2026 National Basketball Association (NBA) champion New York Knicks will be honored with a temporary street co-naming in Manhattan. Each blue-and-orange commemorative sign features a player\u2019s name and jersey number. The street where each sign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40767,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765\/revisions\/40767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}