{"id":333373,"date":"2025-10-26T07:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333373\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:53:20","slug":"mamdani-out-of-bounds-for-using-knicks-logo-in-campaign-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333373\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani out of bounds for using Knicks logo in campaign ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

If it seemed at all strange to see Mayor Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sitting courtside<\/a> at a Knicks game like Ben Stiller and Chris Rock, think how much stranger it was to see Zohran Mamdani\u2019s name emblazoned in the team\u2019s iconic logo.<\/p>\n

As the Knicks\u2019 promising season kicked off last week,<\/a> carrying the hopes of a fan base already mired in football failure, there was Mamdani jumping with both feet on the orange-and-blue bandwagon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our year,\u201d a deep-voiced announcer said in a commercial for the Democratic nominee<\/a> for mayor that aired during the Knicks home opening win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve struggled. We\u2019ve had dreams dashed and hearts broken. But things can be different. Hope is back. New York, our time has come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the timing, and gritty hoops footage from playground courts, there is not a soul alive who has ever bounced a basketball who thinks Mamdani\u2019s self-serving ad was any kind of homage to the Knicks.<\/p>\n

The Queens assemblyman was clearly talking about his surprising, upstart campaign.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s fine. That\u2019s what campaign ads are supposed to do.<\/p>\n

But Mamdani crossed the line \u2014 a flagrant foul, some might say \u2014 when his ad people stretched his name across the logo spot<\/a> where \u201cNew York\u201d and \u201cKnicks\u201d are supposed to be.<\/p>\n

And the Knicks aren\u2019t having it. They didn\u2019t take any guff from the Boston Celtics last season in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re certainly not taking any from him.<\/p>\n

\""The\u201dThe NY Knicks have sent NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter for using the NY Knicks logo to promote his candidacy,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe NY Knicks have sent NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter<\/a> for using the NY Knicks logo to promote his candidacy,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Knicks want to make it clear that we do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor, and we object to his use of our copyrighted logo. We will pursue all legal remedies to enforce our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Knicks owner James Dolan has gone one-on-one with people for less. In 2022, the vindictive owner banned a lawyer from attending a Mariah Carey concert at Madison Square Garden because she represented a client who was suing him, according to a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

If voters are unable to keep Mamdani out of City Hall, maybe Dolan can at least keep him out of the Garden.<\/p>\n

The Garden welcome mat appeared to be out for Cuomo, Mamdani\u2019s closest rival. After debating Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa on Wednesday night, Cuomo picked up a coveted endorsement from Adams, the outgoing mayor, with whom he caught a game from seats that were, as Jay-Z would say, \u201cclose enough to trip a referee.\u201d<\/p>\n

To outsiders, it probably felt like going to a Mets game with a bunch of Yankee fans.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mamdani, who already beat Cuomo in the city\u2019s Democratic primary, has received endorsements from Gov. Hochul and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n

Cuomo is running as an independent. Adams, who was also running as an independent, suspended his campaign last month.<\/p>\n

Sliwa is resisting calls from Democrats and members of his own party to step aside and give Cuomo a boost.<\/p>\n

The same debate ended on a light note, with each candidate being asked to choose between the Mets and the Knicks if both teams were, in some weird, debate-question-only hypothetical scheduling twist, playing for a championship on the same night.<\/p>\n

Sliwa, a Yankees fan, chose the Knicks. Cuomo struggled with the softball, saying he would do \u201chalf and half,\u201d an answer that got under Mamdani\u2019s skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee, that\u2019s what New Yorkers are sick of,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cI\u2019d be there for the Knicks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solid answer. But don\u2019t try going to the Garden with that \u201cZohran\u201d logo Knicks hat.<\/p>\n

You might get run out of the building.<\/p>\n

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