NYPD is on a 4-person manhunt after ‘disgraceful’ and ‘criminal’ assault that Mamdani calls ‘snowball fight’

A massive post-blizzard snowball fight in New York that ended in police officers being pelted is creating a frosty dispute between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his own police department.

Mamdani has downplayed the fracas in Washington Square Park as kids simply having some fun. The New York Police Department and its leader, Jessica Tisch, are taking it more seriously.

The department is searching for four people — and has begun circulating pictures of them — after it said officers were hurt by hurled snow and ice at Monday’s event, which was organized by social media content producers.

Mamdani, meanwhile, suggested he doesn’t believe criminal charges are warranted.

“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 Wednesday when asked if anyone should be prosecuted.

Tisch denounced the incident as “disgraceful” and “criminal.” The union representing patrol officers quickly seized on the incident as evidence that respect for........

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