NEW YORK – Thursday’s Knicks parade will include a historic presence for the NYPD.
On Wednesday, the Big Apple’s police force announced that 10,000 officers will be assigned to the Knicks’ 1-mile ticker-tape parade route from Battery Park to City Hall, making it the largest number of officers working a planned event in the city’s history.
The Knicks defeated the Spurs in five games to win the franchise’s first title since 1973 with the series-clinching Game 5 coming on Saturday night. The end of the 53-year title drought has led to massive celebrations in the streets and historic levels of merchandise purchased.
The city is expecting millions of people to attend, which is why police commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that people will have to be screened and access the Canyon of Heroes route through specific access points and will be treated on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The parade is set to start at 10 a.m. ET with public access starting at 6 a.m. Media access will begin at 4 a.m. with City Hall’s doors closing to credentialed media at 8 a.m.
