Disgraced Democrat former congressman and registered sex offender Anthony Weiner has formally filed to run for the New York City Council.
On Friday, Weiner opened a campaign committee called Weiner 25. He then filed the paperwork to run as a Democrat for the 2nd District seat, which will be vacated next year by Carlina Rivera, who is term-limited. The seat represents several neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan.
Despite taking these significant steps and being scheduled to speak at a forum for Downtown Independent Democrats on Thursday, Weiner, 60, insisted to the AP that he is “still exploring” his options and may not actually campaign after all.
Weiner made similar statements to the New York Post, claiming that the committee he formed is truly “exploratory.”
“[They] made a precondition of participating in their candidate forum that you had to have an open committee, so here I am,” he explained.
‘The things in my past, the things about my addiction, the things about my acting out, the things about my background — it’s a lot, it’s a lot.’
Weiner is no stranger to the council. He served on it from 1992 until 1998, when he was elected to Congress to replace then-newly elected Senator…
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