Peeved NYC students, teachers, parents beg mayor to cancel school for Knicks parade: ‘This is once in a lifetime’
Instead of hitting the parade, they have to work to get the grade.

It's love and basketball -- but only if it's the Knicks.
Instead of hitting the parade, they have to work to get the grade.
In New York City fashion, eateries across the Big Apple are getting into the game showing their Knickerbocker spirit with deals and freebies.
Finally, after 210 official ticker-tape parades, the Knicks get their turn to enter the Canyon of Heroes.
On the eve of one of the city’s biggest celebrations in years — a parade for the NBA champion Knicks — the Yankees got the party started early.
Dozens of doppelgangers entered Jalen Brunson lookalike contest in Washington Square Park on Wednesday for a chance to win $5,000 — but only one young fan took home the cash.
Bringing back such a deep and capable team to “run it back” certainly won’t be easy.
For this historic day, the paper did something truly iconic: swapping its legendary masthead to read "Knick York Post" in that unmistakable, bold, front-page font.
NYPD said it is mounting its largest planned deployment ever for the event, with more than 10,000 officers.