They’re saying it might be the biggest parade in New York City history. And they’re staffing up that way, too.
The NYPD says it is deploying more than 10,000 officers for Thursday’s Knicks championship parade along Broadway. A spokesperson says it’s the largest planned deployment of NYPD officers ever.
Hundreds of thousands of Knicks fans are expected to descend on the Canyon of Heroes for their franchise’s first-ever ticker-tape parade, a championship march 53 years in the making and one everyone can get behind.
The NYPD spokesperson says the deployment will include NYPD aviation teams by helicopter, NYPD drones, heavy weapons teams, K-9s and explosive detection dogs, highway units, and transit officers. Most of those deployments will be visible as uniformed NYPD officers, but there will also be a plainclothes operation.
The parade steps off from Battery Park at 10 a.m. Thursday and makes its way to City Hall, where there will be a Keys to the City ceremony. How can you get near the festivities? Here are the most important things to know.
Click here for specifics on street closures, security, and access points. Full parade details here.
