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Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down Wednesday on downplaying viral videos of NYPD officers being pelted with snow — repeatedly waving the it off as a “snowball fight.”
The mayor, asked again about the Monday incident in Washington Square Park, repeatedly stood by his controversial comments.
“I’ve shared my my thoughts with New Yorkers,” Mamdani said when at an unrelated press conference on Wednesday.
Pressed again, Hizzoner tripled down.
“I’ve said time and time again that I having seen these videos, to me it was a snowball fight that got out of hand and it should be treated accordingly,” he insisted.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the incident “criminal” and said the department was investigating.
The NYPD has so far released images of four suspects wanted for intentionally striking two cops with ice and snow, in the face, head and neck.
One officer suffered a possible contusion behind his eye, while the other had a headache from getting hit in the back of the head, a law enforcement source said.
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