Federal prosecutors are asking a jury to impose a death sentence on a flashy New York City gangster. His lawyers say a life term would be enough punishment.

The jurors heard closing arguments Thursday at the penalty phase of the Brooklyn trial of Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano.

They were expected to begin deciding his fate later in the day.

The same jury convicted Basciano last month of ordering a gangland killing while taking control of the Bonanno organized crime family.

Prosecutors argued that the one-time owner of Hello Gorgeous beauty salon deserved death because he had a history of doing mob business from behind bars using messengers.

The defense countered that 51-year-old Basciano would be largely cut off from the outside world once placed in a maximum-security prison.