New York- Take the plea; leave the cannoli.
That's the new health regimen for a recently trimmed-down Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore.
Fresh from a triple-bypass operation, the former "Sopranos" co-star told a Manhattan judge yesterday that he wanted to cop a reduced plea on charges he beat up his girlfriend in Little Italy this spring.
In return, he'll get 10 days' community service, a mandatory batterer's program and a lot less agita.
"I want this to go away. What do you think, I want to die of a heart attack?" he said as he left court.
The no-longer-so-big Pussy then eschewed his traditional post-court Marlboro and hot dog.
"I'm on a whole new diet," he sighed. "No more hot dogs, no more cigarettes."
