Mayor Mamdani Crowns Jalen Brunson King of New York | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber are joined by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to capture the emotion of the Knicks finally delivering a championship moment New York has waited decades to celebrate. Mamdani shares how he watched the comeback unfold, what the streets felt like after the win, and why he had no hesitation declaring Jalen Brunson the new king of New York.
The interview also dives into plans for Thursday’s Canyon of Heroes parade, the city’s efforts to keep celebrations safe, and the way this Knicks title has united fans across neighborhoods and political divides. From Brunson’s legendary closeout performance to parade logistics and a citywide release of joy, this segment is all about New York basketball history becoming real.
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| 0:00.0 | When did the mayor of this city know? And joining us right now, the mayor of New York City, Mayor, Monaddy, Mr. Mayor, congratulations. You've only been in office for a few months, and now you get to reside over a championship. So congratulations, sir. I can take very little credit for this, but it's an incredible moment for the city. And I mean, we've been waiting for this for more than 50 years. It'll be the first ticket think we're creating history to the mix. |
| 0:23.7 | Well, Mayor, it's a pleasure to talk to you under the |
| 0:25.6 | circumstances but we have one question we started something a couple years ago we kind of dug it |
| 0:30.3 | out of the corner you weren't mayor at the time dug it out of the corner of one of the recesses |
| 0:33.8 | of your of your office there is a king of new york and we anointed it to be |
| 0:38.3 | aaron judge aaron judge has been the king can you on our air declare jalen brunson |
| 0:44.1 | the king of new york right now absolutely there is no question in my mind or in the minds |
| 0:51.0 | of any new yorker jalen b Bunsen is the king of New York. |
| 0:55.9 | There you go. |
| 0:58.0 | I love it. Mr. Mayor, |
| 1:01.3 | how did you watch the game? I think that's going to be one of the stories everybody tells themselves for you. How did you consume this game and what were your emotions while |
| 1:05.8 | watching this comeback? |
| 1:07.8 | You know, I watched the first half of this game streaming on the way back from watching Brazil, |
| 1:14.3 | Morocco at the New York, New Jersey Stadium for the World Cup, and got in in time for the second |
| 1:22.0 | half at a bar in Lower Manhattan with a bunch of friends, |
| 1:28.3 | and Congressman Ocaso Cortez also joined. |
| 1:30.8 | And it was incredible to both be inside the bar, watching the game, |
| 1:35.1 | and then right outside, it was being projected on a screen |
| 1:37.8 | on like a five-second tape delay. |
| 1:39.7 | So you got to enjoy every shot twice. |
| 1:41.9 | No, that's actually a cool way to see this, |
| 1:46.2 | especially in New York, which had to be chaos. So I'm in Jersey. As soon as the game is over, I'm like, honey, let's go. Get the kids. It's midnight. Let's go to bed. I went to bed. I don't think New York went to bed. What happened in New York after the Knicks won this? Brother, I went to sleep at 3.45 in the morning. |
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