sentences:  In 1992, he was given the position of director of basketball operations, where he stayed until his 1996 promotion to vice president of basketball operations.He left the organization in 1999 to replace interim general manager of the New York Knicks Ed Tapscott.Layden was the New York Knicks executive vice president and general manager from 1999–2001, and the president and general manager of the organization from 2001-2003.