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 NYPD 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 Monda

New Yorkers erupted into a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park. | USA TODAY

🚨 NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a "disgraceful" snowball attack on cops in Washington Square Park is being investigated as a crime. The commissioner took to X on Monday after videos were posted showing a group of people pelting NYPD officers with snowballs during a large, post-blizzard snowball fight at the park in Greenwich Village. "The NYPD is aware of certain videos taken earlier today in Washington Square Park showing individuals attacking cops," Tisch wrote. "I want to be very clea