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new York Knicks has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the city’s leading mayoral candidate Zohran MamdaniFollowing their campaign an advertisement was launched using a logo that was exactly similar to the nba Team.
The ad, featuring an intense game of amateur basketball in New York, aired during the Knicks’ season opener on Wednesday night, their win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
But this step did not please the team. In a statement, the Knicks said they wanted to make it clear that they “do not Support Mr. Mamdani For mayor.”
“The NY Knicks have sent NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter for using the NY Knicks logo to promote his candidacy.
“Knicks wants 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.”
The uproar comes less than two weeks before New Yorkers are set to vote on November 4.
Mamdani of the Democrats, independent Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa of the Republicans will face off in the runoff election on November 4, with early voting beginning on October 25. Mamdani is great favorite To become the next mayor of the city, voting data shows.
He emerged as President on Thursday donald trump He has privately told associates that he believes Mamdani is unbeatable because of his strong lead.
He also suggested that it did not make sense to leave Sliwa to help Cuomo defeat Mamdani.
Speaking to reporters about the race on Tuesday, Trump indicated reluctant support for Cuomo, saying: “It’s really a question of, would I prefer a Democrat or a Communist? And I’d rather be a Democrat than a Communist.”
He said that if Sliwa had dropped out, “Maybe Cuomo would have had a little bit of a chance, but not much.”
Trump himself is a native New Yorker, and the Trump Organization is still headquartered in Manhattan.
In Mamdani’s campaign ad, a dramatic amateur game of basketball is shown while a solemn, Hollywood movie trailer-style voiceover says: “New York, this is our year. We have struggled – dreams shattered and hearts broken. But things can be different. Hope is back.”
It then cuts to a slow-motion shot of a basketball flying through an urban environment and passing through a hoop, as an announcer yells “He shoots…he scores!”
“Our time has come,” adds the voiceover, as a Knicks-esque logo appears on the screen reading New York Zoharan instead of New York Knicks.
Independent Representatives for Mamdani have been contacted for comment.