An officer of the New York Police Department, Patrick Pogan – who was seen in a YouTube video knocking a Critical Mass bicyclist, Christopher Long, to the ground in Times Square - pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two felony and three misdemeanor charges in state Supreme Court.

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said Pogan was charged with falsifying business records and filing a false instrument. Both are felonies punishable by sixteen months to four years in prison.

Pogan, was released without bail in connection with the incident, and told to return to court February 4.

The 23-year-old officer, of Massapequa Park, is accused of shoving Long off his bicycle without justification on June 25 during a monthly gathering of a bicyclists’ group that promotes alternative transportation. Long suffered a back abrasion, lower back pain and small cuts and bruises.

The incident was recorded by an onlooker, and the video was posted on YouTube, which showed “Pogan singling out Long and purposely body-checking him off the bike.” Daniel Castleman, Morgenthau’s top deputy, said the investigation of the incident resulted in large part from that video.

Though Pogan had filed charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing government administration against Long, those charges were dismissed.

Meanwhile, Pogan’s lawyer, Stuart London, said what the video misses out - Christopher Long pedaling recklessly down Seventh Avenue - could exonerate the rookie cop.

London said: “The bicyclist’s actions before my client took action caused him to take the action he did. He saw the individual in this case violate the laws he was instructed to enforce and he took appropriate police action.”