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New York Post
14-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Knicks fans flood enemy territory in Boston for Game 5 with team on brink of eliminating Celtics: ‘We can just hope'
BOSTON — Pumped Knicks fans flooded into enemy territory ahead of New York's Game 5 matchup against the Boston Celtics that could send them to the Eastern Conference Finals. 'Knicks in five, Knicks in five,' scores of orange-and-blue clad diehards chanted outside TD Garden in Beantown. 'All we can do as a Knicks fan is hope,' Queens resident Allen Edwards, 32, told The Post. 'We've suffered for so long, we can just hope.' Advertisement Big Apple mayoral candidate Michael Blake made the trek to New England along with 20 buddies. 3 Knicks fans, including candidate for NYC mayor Michael Blake, outside TD Garden on Wednesday. David McGlynn 3 A vendor sells Celtics-colored shirts bearing anti-Knicks messages. David McGlynn Advertisement 'It's been so long of Knicks misery we gotta celebrate a day like today,' he said. Another member of the Knickerbocker faithful took a Greyhound bus to Boston early Wednesday for the potentially series-clinching game. 'It's $600 cheaper to get here even with the bus. The Garden is a luxury,' George Quni, 23, said, referring to Madison Square Garden where the Knicks play their home games. 3 Heather Mammolito and son Joe outside Quincy Market, downtown Boston before Game 5. David McGlynn Advertisement The Knicks reached this stage of the postseason last year, but lost in Game 7 to the Indiana Pacers. Basketball lovers in the Big Apple haven't seen the Knicks in the NBA Finals since the 1999 season, and the team hasn't won a championship since the early 1970s. Edwards said Knicks fans can relate to Boston sports fanatics because of the long World Series title drought the Red Sox dealt with. 'They suffer with the Red Sox,' he said. 'We suffer with The Knicks.'
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
PIX11's Monica Morales moderates mayoral discussion on small business issues in NYC
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Mayoral Candidates came together on Friday to discuss key issues concerning New York City's small businesses, economy, and job creation. PIX11's Monica Morales moderated the discussion at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education. More Local News Mayoral candidates former Assemblyman Michael Blake, entrepreneur Whitney Tilson, Chief Executive Officer of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa, and attorney Jim Walden took part. The NYC small business community, in conjunction with over 35 ethnic chambers of commerce, took part. This will be the first time mayoral candidates will have the chance to field questions from such a diverse group of leaders and dozens of owners of small businesses. The forum highlighted the most critical issues impacting small businesses across New York City. It was an informative and spirited debate of the key issues most important to business leaders. As voters prepare to exercise their electoral power in June's Democratic primary, several candidates will engage directly with small business owners on issues including small business funding, public safety, tariffs, jobs, and housing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
