The NBA finals are set to take place with the New York Knicks competing with the San Antonio Spurs. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was joined at his desk by several schoolchildren on Monday, as he signed an executive order to repeal bedtimes for kids during the NBA Finals.
“Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks,” Mamdani wrote via X.
“It is important for all New Yorkers of all ages to support the Knicks in their championship run,” the order stated, written in a playful Comic Sans font. “Bedtimes should not impede the ability of New York’s Cutest to cheer for the Knicks and watch every second of this historic Championship series.”
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After Mamdani signed the order, a group of children also supported the document with their handprints.
Every game in the series between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs is set to start at 8:30 p.m. ET. Games 1, 3 and 4 are on school nights. If needed, Game 6 will also be on a school night as the Knicks try to win the best-of-seven series.
Unfortunately for the kids, they will still have to wake up early the next day to go to school. San Antonio schools, however, broke for summer recess at the end of May.
Recently, Mamdani had also made some announcements about the upcoming FIFA world cup. He announced that a new tranche of 2026 World Cup tickets will be made available to residents of the five boroughs at $50 per ticket.
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A total of 1,000 tickets will be available as part of the program, with a block of about 150 tickets for each of the seven games. They will be distributed via random draw, and will be for every game at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium other than the final. They will also include bus transportation to and from the event.
The tickets will be located in the upper bowl of the 82,000-capacity MetLife Stadium. The games eligible for the program include five group games (Brazil v. Morocco on June 13, France v. Senegal on June 16, Norway v. Senegal on June 22, Ecuador v. Germany on June 25 and Panama v. England on June 27), plus a Round of 32 game on June 30 and a Round of 16 game on July 5.