Push vs. K2 to hit stores with fat fine

The drug K2, which has ravaged several communities, isn’t welcome in New York City, lawmakers and community members declared in the Bronx Monday.

Councilman Andy King said he plans to introduce a new bill in September that will combat the K2 epidemic by holding the landlords of shops accused of selling the drug accountable.

“We’re telling the landlord, you’re going to be fined $100,000 if your locations are found to be selling drugs,” King said. “We’re going to make sure our landlords are responsible in our neighborhoods.”

King — whose district includes Wakefield, Olinville, Eastchester, Williamsbridge and Baychester — added shop owners who own five or six businesses on a commercial strip benefit from customers who spend their money on K2, known as synthetic pot.

A crowd of several dozen angry residents marched Monday from Deli Grocery on White Plains Road in Olinville to another bodega on E. 219th St., chanting “shut it down" and holding signs bashing K2.

A deli worker denied the accusations. “It’s easy to make assumptions,” said the employee, who declined to give his name.”

Rex McPherson, who owns a barbershop next door, disagreed. He said the deli had been shut down twice. “Every day. It’s a constant problem, the K2.”