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Politicians rip crass 9/11 museum gift shop

Political outrage erupted Sunday over the 9/11 Memorial’s peddling of such crass items as FDNY dog vests and designer jewelry near where the remains of the fallen are housed.

“I honestly don’t think it’s appropriate — selling scarves to commercialize the deaths of 3,000 people,” seethed Brooklyn state Sen. Martin Golden. “I don’t think it is right.”

As The Post revealed Sunday, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s controversial boutique sells everything from toys and books to charms designed by Pandora that sell for $65 and silk scarves with images of the Twin Towers for nearly $100. There are even raincoats for dogs made to look like FDNY cloaks.

Golden, a Republican, said the souvenir shop is just another slap in the face to those affected by the terror attacks, who will be forced to pay a hefty admission fee when the museum opens to the public next week.

“It’s adding insult to injury to charge $24,” he said. “And then to have these types of items being sold for profit is just wrong.”

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-SI) called some of the more outlandish items “insensitive.”

“There are Pandora charm bracelets? Oh, my God!” she said.

Some of the other items being hawked include NYPD, FDNY and Port Authority Police T-shirts for $22, and even bronze earrings for $64 that are molded from the leaves of a downtown pear tree that survived the disaster.

Family members of those killed on 9/11 say it makes the hallowed space feel more like a cheap roadside attraction.

“I think they lost sight of everything down there,” said Jim Riches, who lost his firefighter son, Jimmy, in the Twin Towers.

But the 9/11 Memorial — headed by CEO Joe Daniels — said in a statement, “To care for the Memorial and Museum, our organization relies on private fund-raising, gracious donations and revenue from ticketing and carefully selected keepsake items for retail.

“In fact, many of our guests from the 9/11 community have visited the shop and purchased a keepsake from their historic experience.”

But Riches said the gift shop is just a way to offset the costs of a poorly run operation. “These guys are getting paid huge salaries, and now they’re scrambling to come up with money by selling these items,” he said.

Additional reporting by Carl Campanile