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Bronx pol gets death threat over Council speaker race

A Bronx councilman received several mysterious letters calling for him to drop out of the hotly contested City Council speaker’s race — or be murdered, police sources said Thursday.

James Vacca (D-Bronx) who represents the 13th District, which covers Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay and City Island, was sent three missives to his district office on East Tremont Avenue, the sources said.

The first two letters — received on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3 — said someone would “murder him if he continues to run for New York City Council speaker,” a source said.

The initial letter also contained racial slurs. Vacca is white.

The third letter, which arrived at his office on Wednesday, also threatened his life, sources said.

Vacca, 58, contacted the NYPD, which assigned detectives from the Intelligence Division to investigate, the sources said. Police have yet to identify a suspect.

Vacca, who will be starting his fifth term, would not comment on Thursday and was so spooked that he scurried away from a Post reporter in City Hall.

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio this week threw his support behind Melissa Mark-Viverito of East Harlem for speaker — and even cut a deal with Brooklyn Democrats to give her the required votes for the second-most powerful seat in city government, sources said.

In return, Brooklyn council members were promised plum committee chairmanships, insiders said.

“There will be a distinctly Brooklyn flavor in the council that has not been seen in the city since Abe Beame was mayor” in the mid-1970s, one source said.

The back-room deal infuriated Queens and Bronx council members whose party leaders are still backing Manhattan’s Dan Garodnick for speaker.

“We are going to elect a speaker on January 8, and that is an eternity in this business,” Garodnick said.

De Blasio on Thursday denied any promises had been made to council members.