New York Knicks fans react during the second half of Game 1 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP
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The Lede: From Bay Ridge to the Bronx and beyond, the Big Apple has gone nuts for the Knicks. It seems as if the entire city is on board. At a bar in Brooklyn last week, fans spilled out onto the sidewalk to watch the game on the TV inside. Thousands more filled Madison Square Garden to watch on the big screen.
The Rundown
Opinion: The Knicks finally got good. Now what?: "The Knicks were never our religion because they won. They were our religion because they didn’t. Anyone can root for a winner; that’s not interesting," writes Brooklyn Eagle guest columnist Bobby Friedman.
New York City is in a Knicks frenzy for its beloved team’s first NBA Finals in 27 years: The Metropolitan Transit Authority got into the spirit by painting several subway stops around MSG in Knicks colors. And Mayor Zohran Mamdani even signed an executive order temporarily lifting children’s bedtime hours.
Looking for NBA Finals seats? The Knicks are making 2 in celebrity row available in an auction: Still looking for tickets to the NBA Finals? The New York Knicks are making available two of the best seats in the house — right by the likes of Ben Stiller and Spike Lee — to the highest bidder.
Massive security preparations in NYC ahead of FIFA World Cup: “We have spent months coordinating, drilling and preparing so that when the world arrives at our doorstep, we are ready,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Council progressives demand changes after baby born in court: The councilmembers, led by the Progressive and Women’s caucuses, expressed outrage that the mother, Samantha Randazzo, 33, was held in custody for more than a day over a “low-level offense” despite being nine months pregnant.
DUMBO BID launches digital pass to boost business during FIFA World Cup: Running from Thursday to July 19, the initiative offers a free digital pass via Apple and Android wallets, providing deals and perks at DUMBO establishments.
Bronx man indicted for hate crime, assault targeting gay victim on Brooklyn subway: A Bronx man was arraigned last week on an indictment charging him with assault and menacing as hate crimes and related offenses in connection with an unprovoked attack against a gay man beginning aboard an L train in the Lorimer Street subway station.
Nobody knows how to regulate AI: “Whenever someone tells me we need to regulate artificial intelligence, I ask the same question: How?”
Beyoncé bumped her ass off there. You can, too: There are few remaining artifacts from the increasingly distant disco era. A bumper car joint in Coney Island with a bone-rattling sound system is one of them. (The City Reporter)
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CINCINNATI — A fawn, or young deer, looks out from a shady spot in a backyard in Ohio. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP
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