Charging that the treatment of Charles Oakley was “Eric Garner without the chokehold,” Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams said he will meet Monday morning with Knicks owner James Dolan and Garden officials over the incident that resulted in the Knicks legend being banned from the Garden.
“This is a blemish, not only on the Knicks, Madison Square Garden, but sports. Any time you have a player who gave his heart and his soul to the team and the city, to be treated in that fashion, sends a chilling impact. I saw this as Eric Garner without the chokehold,” Adams said, referencing the Staten Island man who died in police custody in 2014.