NYC Mayor Downplays Violent Snowball Mob That Hospitalized Two NYPD Officers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire after dismissing a violent snowball attack on NYPD officers in Washington Square Park as just a 'snowball fight,' saying he doesn't believe anyone should be charged — even as the department released photos of adult suspects with facial hair who sent two officers to the hospital. The NYPD says the mob surrounded officers responding to a call and pelted them with ice and hard-packed snow. The episode has become the latest test of the Democratic Socialist mayor's approach to law enforcement, drawing sharp criticism from police unions and Republican officials who say Mamdani is enabling disorder.