Dolan/Trump tried to kill the vibes and the city and Mamdani refused to be pulled into it. The city doing a deal with the NBA to show the game on those kiosks was one of the savviest moves I’ve ever seen. But beyond that, you couldn’t walk anywhere without seeing people gathered and giddy with joy.
Zito
NYC's response to the Knicks' run is an explicit rejection of Trumpism. Civic engagement is at an all-time high. Fearmongering about public safety was crushed by the hundreds of spontaneous watch parties. Unimaginably diverse groups rallying behind a sense of collective identity.
