Knicks fan petitions to replace Lady Liberty’s face with Jalen Brunson’s

He believes Jalen Brunson tin prevention tired, poor, huddled Knicks fans yearning to win.

Upper West Side autochthonal Jacob Nacht created a petition to grant nan prima Knicks constituent defender by temporarily changing the Statue of Liberty connected Change.org — and it’s already racked up 230 signatures, capable to beryllium passed on to Gov. Hochul.

“Ideally, we create a elephantine disguise of Jalen Brunson’s look for Lady Liberty to deterioration for 1 week,” Nacht told The Post up of Saturday’s Game 3 of nan Eastern Conference semifinals astatine MSG.

“Hochul was notified, but nary connection yet,” he said. “Once you deed 100 signatures, they [Change.org] commencement promoting it a spot more, and automatically sent it to nan politician and immoderate different group who would beryllium progressive successful nan process of really getting it done.

“So it’s really thing that exists now. It’s much than conscionable benignant of an idea.”

Nacht, 24, who grew up successful Smithtown, LI, and graduated from NYU, has been a Knicks extreme for life.

“It’s been a reliable 24 years, beautiful disappointing for astir of my life, but erstwhile Jalen Brunson joined nan team, nan full vibe switched,” he said.

“He’s really nan 1 who changed things for us. Even if they don’t extremity up winning nan championship, he gave america existent dream to win. So I thought it would conscionable beryllium cool to do thing to grant him and what amended than to virtually put his look connected nan iconic statue of New York, nan Statue of Liberty.”

The J.P. Morgan expert launched nan petition connected May 2 aft Game 6 of Round 1 of nan Eastern Conference playoffs, and it quickly gained momentum.

“At first, I told my friends, and they’re each immense Knicks fans and they signed it immediately. And past friends started sending it to immoderate friends,” he said.

One instrumentality bounced astir nan thought that nan metropolis besides salary homage to a high-flying Brunson teammate.

“Let’s make a petition to alteration nan Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Williamsburg bridges to nan Mikal Bridges while we’re astatine it,” they wrote.