Vance swears off cash from defense att’ys

MAYOR de Blasio helped the Recording Academy kick off Grammy Week on Monday as the awards show returns to the city for the first time in 15 years.

Hizzoner cut the ribbon outside the new home of the academy’s New York chapter — a stately townhouse on the East Side.

“We are very proud to be the capital of music in the world and it is so wonderful to have this occasion be the beginning of a week that really recognizes what the music scene in New York City means all over the world,” de Blasio said.

The Grammys were last held in New York in 2003, and have been handed out in Los Angeles since.

“The City of New York has a very particular relationship with Los Angeles and we have a friendly competition at all times,” de Blasio said, going on to say that New York was the birthplace of salsa, hip hop and the American punk rock scene.

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards show will be held at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The show will be hosted by late-night talk show host James Corden and feature performances by the likes of Lady Gaga, Pink and U2. MANHATTAN District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said Monday he’ll stop taking campaign donations from criminal defense lawyers following criticism of his handling of cases involving Harvey Weinstein and President Trump’s family.

The announcement came shortly after Columbia Law School released a report recommending Vance (photo) — and the state’s other 61 district attorneys — take steps to reduce “actual and perceived conflicts of interest as well as unconscious biases.”

“Effective today, we will no longer accept contributions — in any amount — from lawyers appearing before our office and will cap contributions from their law partners,” Vance said.

Before his reelection in November, Vance faced questions about whether donations influenced his decisions to not pursue cases regarding Weinstein and the Trump SoHo hotel.