Several individuals were seen on video attacking police officers with snowballs in New York City's Washington Square Park on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (Credit: X/@BGOnTheScene)

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers had been attacked at Washington Square Park. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the episode looked like a snowball fight, not a crime.

Police officers patrolling a New York City park during Monday’s blizzard were assaulted with snowballs, leaving several injured as temperatures plummeted. According to police, officers arrived at Wash...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow. A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers to treat NYPD officers “with respect” after a viral video showed some of the boys in blue pelted with snowballs.