Knicks hand Mamdani-backed candidate cease and desist letter for using team's logo in campaign: report

A New York Senate campaigner who has been backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reportedly been issued a cease-and-desist missive by the New York Knicks for utilizing the title team's logo arsenic portion of her campaign.

Promotional stickers read, "I voted for Aber Kawas," utilizing the Knicks logo, with the team's sanction replaced with "Kawas."

According to the New York Post, the Knicks demanded that the run "immediately region each promotional materials incorporating Knicks Intellectual Property, including but not constricted to the unauthorized Advertisements, and cease immoderate further usage of Knicks Intellectual Property."

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Aber Kawas, Youth Activities Director for the Arab-American Association of New York, speaks astatine a rally successful Columbus Circle protesting proposals to restrict Muslim arrivals to the United States. (Andy Katz/Corbis)

"Neither the Knicks nor NBA [Properties] person authorized the Campaign to usage Knicks Intellectual Property successful immoderate way, including the Unauthorized Advertisements, which are apt to mislead the nationalist into believing that the Campaign is affiliated with, sponsored oregon endorsed by, oregon successful immoderate mode connected with the Knicks," Brian N. Warner, elder vice president and caput of ineligible for Madison Square Garden Sports, said successful the letter, according to the outlet.

"The Campaign’s activities successful this respect constitute, among different things, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, mendacious advertising, mendacious association, and unfair competition."

The Knicks and Mamdani person had beef that began past twelvemonth erstwhile Mamdani's mayoral run besides utilized the Knicks logo successful a akin manner to Kawas. Mamdani was fixed a cease-and-desist letter, and the Knicks made it wide they were not endorsing anyone successful the race, which Mamdani won.

The White House past utilized the Knicks logo successful a station soon aft past year's predetermination to say, "Trump Is Your President." The Knicks reached retired to the White House, which past removed the post.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gives New York Knicks subordinate Jalen Brunson the keys to the metropolis during the Knicks' title ticker portion parade successful New York City connected June 18, 2026. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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Knicks proprietor James Dolan and Mamdani besides had a back-and-forth earlier this period astir Knicks ticker parties during the team's title run. The 2 came face-to-face astatine the title solemnisation past week astatine City Hall, erstwhile Mamdani name-dropped Knicks legend-turned-Dolan rival Charles Oakley during a reminiscent code astir the Knicks, portion Dolan took 1 last parting changeable astatine the politician and stiffed him successful a photograph op.

"I don't request your vote. I don't request to punctuation to you what happened. If you're existent Knick fans you cognize it already," Dolan said.

Dolan did denote that the Knicks would spell to the White House to sojourn President Donald Trump, who attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Knicks would beryllium the archetypal NBA squad to sojourn Trump.

Kawas, the Muslim girl of amerciable immigrants, is present the Democrat nominee for New York's Senate District 12 and is besides a socialist. She precocious came nether occurrence for rejecting the conception that Muslim Americans request to apologize for 9/11, an onslaught "a mates of radical did."

Aber Kawas, a Palestinian American assemblage organizer and antiauthoritarian socialist moving for New York State Assembly District 34, and Rep. Claire Valdez be a objection successful New York City demanding a rent frost connected rent-stabilized apartments successful Long Island City connected May 7, 2026. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)

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"I’ve ever been outspoken astir the wrongful scapegoating of Muslim Americans, some earlier and aft 9/11, and successful this interrogation I was speaking astir the harmful conception that Muslims should person to apologize for an enactment of unit they person thing to bash with," Kawas told Fox News Digital Thursday morning.

Fox News' Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report.

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