The response from the mayor came with a much lighter touch than that of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who called the acts "disgraceful" and "criminal."

While both Tisch and Mamdani condemned the snowball hurlers, Tisch called their actions criminal and promised an investigation, while the mayor said he didn’t believe anyone should be prosecuted. “From the video I’ve seen, it looks like a snowball fight,” Mamdani told reporters Tuesday. No arrests have been made.

It started as a viral snowball fight in a historic blizzard. It ended up putting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the opposite side of his city’s police, creating a politically sensitive moment early in his tenure.

A huge mob of rowdy winter warriors descended on a Manhattan park on Monday afternoon — throwing snowballs in a chaotic scene and tormenting cops, according to authorities and witnesses.

The victim, a 34-year-old man from Vallejo, was treated for five gunshot wounds and was listed in critical but stable condition at a hospital, according to The Mercury News. Police said the shooting followed a physical altercation between the Vallejo man and others, and officers reported finding evidence of gunfire at the scene.