A longtime Southern Brooklyn pol who last December beat charges of helping a crooked doctor run a $6.3 million pill mill is attempting a political comeback by running for City Council.
Former state Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny told The Post that hopes to inspire others who were wrongfully charged with crimes by running next year for the 47th District council seat representing Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and other nearby neighborhoods.
“I’m not running because I need to set the record straight about being wrongfully accused — I’m running to fight to make sure that no one else gets wrongfully accused,” he said.
Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said it’s more than understandable why Brook-Krasny wants to run for office again.
“The best redemption for public servants who are found innocent of criminality: take their lives back, run for office, and win,” Sheinkopf said.
Councilman Chaim Deutch, who represents the 48th district that includes Sheepshead Bay and some other neighborhoods Brook-Krasny once served as an assemblyman, said he believes Brook-Krasny will make a “viable candidate” because “always had the ear of his constituents.”
However, he cautioned there will be “a crowded field” of other candidates to replace term-limited Councilman Mark Treyger.
One potential front-runner considering running is Ari Kagan, a top aide to Treyger.
In 2006, Brook-Kransy defeated Kagan in a close race to become the state’s first Russian-born state assemblyman.
But, in July 2015, Brook-Krasny stepped down to take a higher-paying position as chief operating officer of Quality Laboratory Services, a medical lab in Sheepshead Bay.
He said he’s proud of his record in the Assembly — which included helping rebuild parts of Brooklyn devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 — and that leaving “was one of the hardest decisions [he] ever made.”
“It was the only way for me to provide for my family,” he said.
The ex-pol was acquitted at trial last December of conspiracy and fraud charges, but the Manhattan Supreme Court jury hung on four misdemeanor counts of commercial bribery.
Prosecutors had said that doctor Lazar Feygin directed his urinalysis tests to Brook-Krasny’s clinic, and the two allegedly conspired to delete positive alcohol results from patients’ reports.
This allowed Feygin to continue prescribing oxycodone to heavy drinkers — despite the dangers of the combination.
In March, Feygin pleaded guilty to 16 felonies in exchange for five years in prison.
Treyger, who sources said is expected to back Kagan for his council seat, declined comment.