Ex-pol Deutsch gets 3 months

Former City Councilman Chaim Deutsch was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for cheating the government out of more than $82,000 in taxes over the course of several years.

The disgraced Brooklyn Democrat, who pleaded guilty to a tax-evasion charge in April, will also have to pay a $5,500 fine and restitution in the full amount of taxes he dodged, plus interest.

Manhattan federal Judge James Cott handed down the sentence Thursday morning, saying imprisonment was necessary to deter others from cheating on their taxes.

In prepared remarks, the former pol told the judge his arrest and subsequent guilty plea were the “hardest, most difficult [parts] of my life.”

He added that since his expulsion from the City Council, he’s found a humbling job as property manager at a Brooklyn apartment building, where he’s responsible for tasks such as “fixing a clogged toilet” and repairing broken windows.

His attorney, Henry E. Mazurek, had urged the judge impose a non-prison sentence, saying Deutsch had suffered enough.