NEW YOKR — A suspect has been arrested for the giant snowball fight in Washington Square Park that left two cops hurt — an incident Mayor Zohran Mamdani said should not result in criminal charges, angering NYPD officials.

Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, was nabbed by police early Thursday after he was identified as one of four men shown in social media video throwing snowballs at police responding to the disorderly crowd in the Greenwich Village park.

“(He) was arrested for assaulting our officers,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on X. “Mr. Coulibaly was previously arrested less than three weeks ago for an attempted robbery in the transit system.”

For the transit robbery, Coulibaly was arrested in the Bronx on Feb. 6. He was released without bail after being arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on robbery, petty larceny and harassment charges, officials said.

Coulibaly was allegedly recorded hitting police with a small boulder of snow during the Monday afternoon incident near the park’s comfort stations.

Several people hit a group of police officers with snowballs. As a result, two officers were treated at a local hospital for bruises, cuts to their face and complaints of head and neck pain.

Charges against Coulibaly were not immediately disclosed.

Three other young men are still being sought for pelting two officers with snowballs during the 4 p.m. incident Monday. The snowball fight was organized on social media in the aftermath of the historic blizzard that blew into town Sunday.

The NYPD released images of all four men taken from social media and asked the public’s help identifying them and tracking them down.

The police response drove a wedge between Mayor Mamdani and NYPD brass, who consider the incident a straight forward assault on the officers.

Mamdani sees it differently, describing the incident as “a snowball fight that got out of hand, and it should be treated accordingly.”

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