Catch the error and handle it:
try:
z = x / y
except ZeroDivisionError:
z = 0
Or check before you do the division:
if y == 0:
z = 0
else:
z = x / y
The latter can be reduced to:
z = 0 if y == 0 else (x / y)
Or if you’re sure y is a number, which implies it`s truthy if nonzero:
z = (x / y) if y else 0
z = y and (x / y) # alternate version