DEAL THEM DEATH

Prez: Kill drug pushers like ‘tough’ nations do

“We’re beginning to see progress, and I emphasize the word beginning,” de Blasio said at Richmond University Medical Center. “It’s going to be a long fight.”

The announcement came the same day as President Trump rolled out his own plan — which included the death penalty for some drug traffickers.

“I disagree with the President on the death penalty, because I disagree with the death penalty,” de Blasio added. “I don’t think the death penalty is morally right, and I don’t think it’s a deterrent.”

None of the new money announced by de Blasio Monday will go to law enforcement — instead it is focused on preventing overdoses and connecting people to treatment.

The city will hire 29 new staffers to expand its Health and Engagement Assessment Team and its Rapid Assessment Response Team, which both respond to overdose calls and assist in coordinating responses by the NYPD and the Health Department.

A diversion program for people arrested on low-level drug offenses started on Staten Island, called HOPE, will also be expanded in the borough and launched in the Bronx, aimed at diverting 1,400 people annually from the criminal justice system to treatment.

President Trump tells crowd in Manchester, N.H., on Monday that drug war “isn’t about nice anymore” and that the U.S. should take after countries that are tough on drugs — by executing traffickers.