{"id":269997,"date":"2026-06-17T20:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269997\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:38:53","slug":"more-than-10000-cops-will-protect-knicks-ticker-tape-parade-in-lower-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269997\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 10,000 cops will protect Knicks ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 10,000 cops \u2014 the largest NYPD deployment ever for a planned event \u2014 will be securing Thursday\u2019s Knicks ticker-tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes<\/a>, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

NYPD heavy-weapons teams, bomb-sniffing K-9 units and mounted units, as well as the \u201cfull scope of the NYPD\u2019s counter-terrorism capabilities,\u201d including officers with the technology to take down unauthorized drones<\/a>, will be deployed during the 10 a.m. parade, where attendance is expected to be \u201cin the millions,\u201d Tisch said during a briefing Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s parade, she said, \u201cpresents an operational challenge on a scale that this city rarely faces,\u201d she said. \u201cAttendance is expected to exceed the available space in lower Manhattan, and once designated viewing areas reach capacity, people will be redirected or turned away.\u201d<\/p>\n

In comparison, the NYPD historically assigns about 7,000 cops<\/a> to cover the New Year\u2019s Eve ball drop in Times Square, which brings about 2 million people to the area each year.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the Knicks parade, vehicular traffic in lower Manhattan south of Canal St. will be halted beginning at 7 a.m. Anyone attending the parade will have to come by public transportation, Tisch said.<\/p>\n

\"NYPDNYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch is pictured during a press conference in the Bronx on Monday, June 15, 2026, in New York City. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Screenings for penned-in viewing areas will begin at 6 a.m. on Thursday at 23 locations along the parade route. Residents and workers in lower Manhattan will be able to get through with proper identification.<\/p>\n

Attendees will be barred from bringing in large bags, backpacks, coolers, umbrellas, or glass or metal bottles. They will be allowed to bring in plastic water bottles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be no tolerance for violence and disorder,\u201d Tisch warned. \u201cAnyone who breaks the law should expect swift enforcement action and immediate consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to enjoy this moment,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want this to be a safe and memorable celebration for Knicks fans and New York City, but public safety comes first and we will be planning accordingly. We look forward to ensuring a safe celebration for such an important moment for so many New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NYPDNYPD officers keep security around a float during the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s ticker-tape parade after they won the 2019 World Cup in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (Jeff Bachner for New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

About two dozen police officers were injured and more than 100 people were arrested last week<\/a> during various watch parties during the Knicks triumphant NBA Finals run to beat the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n

Fired-up fans set school buses ablaze Saturday night after the Knicks clinched the Finals<\/a>. Other videos of various watch party celebrations on Wednesday showed people destroying and trying to flip over a yellow taxi.<\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday, a 17-year-old boy was beaten into a coma<\/a> as he and his friends attended a watch party at a bar a few blocks from Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

Following the parade, Mayor Mamdani will give each member of the championship Knicks team a Key to the City<\/a> at a celebration outside City Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 10,000 cops \u2014 the largest NYPD deployment ever for a planned event \u2014 will be securing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-269997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}