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Zohran Mamdani: “It speaks to 26 years since the last time we were in the…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the Knicks parade could be the largest in NYC history

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

There will be New Yorkers, there will be the team, and there will be history. And I think that speaks to what this team means to this city. It also speaks to 53 years of waiting. It speaks to 26 years since the last time we were in the Finals. And it speaks to the beauty of what one family story has meant to the whole city. Rick Brunson was on that 99 team when we lost 41 to the Spurs. (00:42–00:46)

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Asserts that it has been 26 years since the New York Knicks were last in the NBA Finals.

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