Anthony Weiner officially files to run for NY City Council years after sexting scandal

He wants to put the member back in City Council.

Disgraced ex-lawmaker Anthony Weiner has popped back into the political spotlight Tuesday — formally filing to run for New York City Council.

The 60-year-old whose sexting scandal prompted an embarrassing exit from public office more than a decade ago, culminating in a criminal conviction and prison time for sexting a 15-year-old girl, has one eye fixated on the soon-to-be wide-open Council District 2 seat.

The post services a handful of neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan.

While Weiner tried to downplay his return as premature — telling The Post it is a “true exploratory committee” — he’s already lined up a speaking spot at a forum Thursday with Downtown Independent Democrats.

“[They] made a precondition of participating in their candidate forum that you had to have an open committee, so here I am,” he said.

Weiner registered his political committee, Weiner 25, with the Campaign Finance Board Friday, and later filed for the 2nd District spot.

The seat is currently held by Carlina Rivera, who is term-limited and will be out come the end of 2025. Other candidates have also put their hand up for the job — Sarah Batchu, Harvey D Epstein, Andrea Gordillo, Jason Murillo and Allison Ryan.

Weiner has been out of public office since 2011 when he was forced to step down from his New York congressional seat amid a sexting scandal involving women and a minor.

He had set his sights on resurrecting his career in office two years later, launching a bid to be the next Big Apple mayor before being embroiled in yet another sexting scandal.

The investigation reinvigorated the FBI’s probe into Hilary Clinton’s emails ahead of the 2016 election when agents searched his laptop and discovered X-rated photos he was sending to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.

At the time, Weiner was married to Huma Abedin, an aide to Clinton in her presidential run against Donald Trump.

The investigation was partly to blame for Clinton’s loss — and also resulted in Weiner’s guilty plea in 2017 to one felony count of transferring obscene material to a minor.

He served 18 months in prison and was released in 2019.

Over the past few weeks, Weiner has been publicly teasing his return, making the pitch to New Yorkers that he wants to be involved with them again.

“I love doing this job on the radio, but I want to be of service,” he on his weekly 77WABC radio show last month.

Weiner, who has a son, told The Post Tuesday he’s also putting the final touches on his idea book, dubbed “25 Ideas for ’25.”

“Clever, huh?” he said. “The Post will like a lot of them.”