Before Zohran Mamdani sped off to Washington, D.C., to meet with Donald Trump about securing funds for a massive housing project in Queens, he was taking fire — including from some members of the Democratic Establishment — for not condemning a snowball fight in Washington Square Park. Earlier this week, police were filmed getting pelted with snowballs as they walked through a battle that was being filmed for Sidetalk, a popular YouTube show. Multiple officers were struck in the face, and the NYPD said two were treated for face, head, and neck injuries. The severity of the injuries isn’t known, but at least one man, a 27-year-old, was arrested. NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch called the incident “disgraceful” and “criminal.”

“I’ll say, as to anyone looking to do harm to the police, my message is very clear: I am a protective Jewish mother. Don’t mess with my cops,” Tisch told the New York Post. Mayor Mamdani was milder in condemning the incident. “I’ve said time and time again that, having seen these videos, to me it was a snowball fight that got out of hand, and it should be treated accordingly,” he told reporters, who have spent the past several days asking him repeatedly about the snow thrown at cops. He also went viral — in a good way, for him — by repelling a straight-faced question about whether he’d consider banning snowball fights.

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