Why This Knicks Parade Was Different

I've been waiting my entire life for this moment. There go the New York Knicks. >> For me, this is a blessing. I dream I dream that it was coming is coming soon and I know my father up in heaven, I

know he's jumping up and down in heaven right now. >> How do you feel in here? >> Uh, I feel I feel full. >> I'm feeling a part of something. I'm feeling the collective effervescence.

>> This is the first time that I've really seen New York united in such a >> It's just everyone is together. A basketball team could just bring someone together. >> I mean, there's a spirit. They have lifted the spirit of the city.

>> This is going to be crazy. This is going to be big because it's 53 years for the >> What does that mean when a church is behind a team? Does it mean what I think it means?

>> We pray for everyone. >> In this video, we're going behind the scenes at the biggest party New York City has ever seen. Let's rewind to 24 hours ago. >> Hey, guys.

Turn around and look like you're doing >> Can you introduce yourself before we >> My name is Ron Wolfgang. I am the senior vice president of the operations department at the Downtown Alliance. >> What is the Downtown Alliance?

>> Downtown Alliance is the business improvement district for the Wall Street >> What's happening tomorrow? >> Tomorrow is the Canyon of Heroes parade for the New York Knicks. >> I have a feeling that this is going to be

the biggest party that maybe New York City has ever seen. >> It's definitely going to be big. >> You can feel you've you know, we felt the enthusiasm for a couple days.

>> enthusiasm is an understatement. >> Enthusiasm is an understatement. Going back, there was a couple of big one like when the Yankees first won in '96, they hadn't had a team win in a while, right?

That was big. '98, the Giants were were pretty big, the first one. So, this is going to be big because it's 53 years for the Knicks. >> So, what is the Downtown Alliance's involvement with the parade?

>> supplemental cleaning and supplemental >> What we're doing here is making sure that these signs are on these units and making sure that they're locked down so >> Just keeping it safe. >> That's right. >> What we also do is we we supply some ticker

tape starter kit, right? So, we do what like we call a seeding of ticker tape. So, we're doing roughly a ton and a quarter of ticker tape.

We hand it out. We did the surveys, asked buildings who wanted it. So, now we're going to go and we're going to hand that out. Come >> Let's go look at it.

>> We're going inside. This is the sanitation pickup truck. This is some of the ticker tape. This is the team that's going to distribute it, right? We got Rudy and the guys and and Edwin and

we're going to hand it out to the buildings that we already we already spoke with. We have almost 300 almost 350 bags. Yeah. >> It's pretty heavy.

>> Yeah, it's it's substantial once you break it up. >> We're getting in the truck. Can I interview you guys? >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir.