NYPD Officers Hospitalized After Feral Citizens Pelt Them With Snowballs In Mamdani’s NYC

EMS crews transported several New York Police Department officers to a hospital after they were struck during a snowball-throwing incident. The injured officers were listed in stable condition. No arrests have been made, and the case remains under investigation.

The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York blasted the episode as “unacceptable and outrageous.”

“This is the environment that NYC police officers are up against. Our police officers are being treated for their injuries, but the case CANNOT end there. The individuals involved must be identified, arrested and charged with assault on a police officer. And all of our city leaders must speak up to condemn this despicable attack.”

The Detectives’ Endowment Association also condemned those involved.

“What we saw in Washington Square Park today was not harmless fun — it was a deliberate, outrageous, and dangerous attack on uniformed police officers,” President Scott Munro wrote on X. “The Detectives’ Endowment Association is calling on Mayor Mamdani and District Attorney Bragg to ensure every individual responsible for this illegal behavior is prosecuted. No free pass. No get out of jail free card.”

“Make no mistake: detectives will do what they always do,” he added. “They will identify those involved and they will apprehend them. Our men and women in blue deserve to be safe. They deserve to be protected. And they deserve to be respected. They earn it every single day.”

Ugandan-born socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani had not publicly commented on the incident as of early Tuesday. Other New York leaders weighed in.

Statement from DEA President Scott Munro:

“What we saw in Washington Square Park today was not harmless fun — it was a deliberate, outrageous, and dangerous attack on uniformed police officers. The Detectives’ Endowment Association is calling on Mayor Mamdani and District… pic.twitter.com/AGYSH9YXUs

— Detectives’ Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) February 24, 2026

“This is disgraceful,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., wrote on X. “@NYCMayor and every elected official in our city should denounce this juvenile attack on our #NYPD. Back the blue and hold those who disrespect them accountable.”

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo also called the incident “disgraceful.”

“But with a mayor who has a history of calling the police ‘racist, evil, wicked and corrupt,’ he set the tone,” Cuomo said. “Words have consequences. We are seeing that in the growing disrespect for law enforcement — just as we’ve seen it in the rise in antisemitism. Real leaders understand that. This mayor does not. @NYCMayor must denounce this at once.”

Fox News Digital said it contacted Mamdani’s office for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

Former NYPD Chief of Department John Chell described the confrontation as a “f—ing disgrace,” saying officers “were outnumbered — yet stood tall the best they could.” In a separate post, he urged a heightened police presence.

“Tomorrow morning at about 0800 hours the @NYPDnews better be in full force in Washington Square Park and other parks in full force,” Chell wrote. “Let me be clear — if one snowball hits a cop, there should be very forceful arrests – make it legally painful.”

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