Here we go again.
A career criminal who was charged with slugging a female NYPD cop and was cut loose after a Bronx judge lowered his bail has been charged in another assault — a random attack on a woman in Times Square.
Ernst Delma, 41, who has a string of busts on his rap sheet, was able to post bail in October after Bronx Judge Brenda Rivera clipped his $200,000 bond to just $80,000 — which meant he only needed to come up with $8,000 to end up back on the streets, records show.
On Saturday, police said, Delma was at it again, this time allegedly walking up to a woman in her 50s in Times Square and punching her in the face in what cops said was an unprovoked attack.
“This guy hit the nicest person in the city,” the victim’s sister told The Post.
“I believe the guy is a threat to women and the safety of New Yorkers,” she said. “A man who raises his hand to females isn’t a man at all and should be in jail.”
The cowardly attack also irked some of New York’s Finest.
“Nobody should be surprised that a dangerous repeat offender who attacked a police officer in full uniform would turn around and attack a defenseless New Yorker,” NYPD PBA president Patrick Hendry said.
“The only mystery here is why he was allowed back on the streets,” Hendry fumed. “This case is just more proof that those who assault police officers need to be kept behind bars.”
Delma, a repeat offender who was on parole on a New Jersey arrest, made headlines on Aug. 9 when he was charged with punching the cop in a shocking, caught-on-video attack.
The cop was trying to break up a scuffle between Delma and a group of kids in Clason Point when Delma allegedly attacked her, leaving the officer dazed and with a bloody nose.
The injured officer’s partner landed a couple of haymakers as Delma continued to fight with cops and was eventually taken down. The suspect was later hit with a slew of assault charges, including first-degree aggravated assault on a police officer, and was arraigned later that day.
Bronx prosecutors asked that Delma be held on $200,000 bail or a $600,000 bond, but Criminal Court Judge Eugene Bowen set it at $75,000 cash, a $100,000 insurance bond or a $200,000 partially secured bond, which would require him to come up with $20,000.
That kept Delma behind bars, but on Sept. 9 he went before Rivera, who lowered the amount to $10,000 cash or an $80,000 bond — which he posted on Oct. 17.
It is unknown who posted the bond.
He was due in court Friday on the cop assault — but is being held without bail at Rikers Island following the Times Square arrest over the weekend, records show.
Delma has had several arrests on burglary and assault charges, including a July 2022 case in which he was charged with randomly punching a woman in Midtown Manhattan.
A spokesperson for the New York State Office of Court Administration, which oversees the state’s judges, pointed to state law when contacted by The Post.
“We don’t comment on bail decisions except to say that in cases like these in New York, judges have discretion in making bail decisions in accordance with the law and based solely on an individualized assessment of a defendant’s risk of flight,” the spokesperson said.