Bragg to officially ask for extradition of suspect accused of murdering NYC mom in hotel as spat with Ariz. rages on

Manhattan prosecutors said Friday they’ll officially request the extradition of the career criminal charged in the slaying of a Queens mom at a Soho hotel — as a two-month standoff with Arizona authorities who have refused to send him back to the Big Apple rages on.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the indictment of Raad Almansoori, 26, on murder and robbery charges for the Feb. 7 beating and strangling of 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia in a room at the Soho 54 Hotel.

With the indictment, Bragg’s office said it will move to formally request that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issues a warrant for Almansoori’s extradition back to Manhattan from Maricopa County in Arizona.

Bragg said in a statement that his office was one step closer to bringing justice for Oleas-Arancibia, who was found dead by a hotel maid with a bloody iron lying next to her head, according to police sources.

“Our professional, dedicated prosecutors and investigators will continue to build the strongest possible case, and we will be prepared to prosecute Raad Almansoori for these horrific allegations when he is returned to New York,” Bragg said in a statement.

“My heart is with the family and loved ones of Ms. Oleas-Arancibia during this difficult time as they continue to mourn their loss, as well as the victims of Almansoori’s alleged crimes in Maricopa County.”

The DA’s office expects the warrant will act as a detainer based on their analysis of New York and Arizona laws. Almansoori will remain in custody until he returns to New York to face murder charges once his Arizona cases wrap up, regardless of the outcome.

Almansoori has been locked up on attempted murder, assault and kidnapping charges in Arizona after he was arrested in Scottsdale on Feb. 18 for allegedly carjacking one woman and attacking another at a local McDonald’s.

His arrest came about 10 days after he allegedly beat and strangled Oleas-Arancibia — and was caught on surveillance footage leaving the hotel while wearing the victim’s pink tights, authorities said.

Bragg was embroiled in a political dogfight with Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell after she said she didn’t trust the Democratic DA to keep Almansoori locked up if he were sent back to New York to face charges in Oleas-Arancibia’s murder.

Mitchell later said she would consider extracting the Almansoori only after her office finished prosecuting his pending cases in Arizona — but Bragg had been seeking to bring him back to Manhattan to face the more serious charge of murder.

The DA then punched back at Mitchell, accusing the Republican of “simple old-fashioned grandstanding and politics.”

“It is deeply disturbing to me that a member of my profession, a member of law enforcement, would choose to play political games in a murder case,” Bragg said at a Feb. 22 press conference. “The conversation should be about victims, victims’ families: that’s what we do in Manhattan.”

Almansoori allegedly confessed to the killing when he was arrested in Arizona — describing how the mom “just wouldn’t die,” according to local prosecutors there.

Oleas-Arancibia was working as an escort and booked a date with her suspected killer when the two got into a fight over how much time he had paid for, leading to him strangling her, authorities said.

He allegedly tried to break her neck as he choked her and stomped on her head several times — only to later put a sock over her head to try to suffocate her, prosecutors have said.