FOXNews.com: Former Congressman Anthony Weiner announces bid for NYC mayor

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Former Congressman Anthony Weiner announces bid for NYC mayor May 22nd 2013, 04:53 June 16, 2011: Anthony Weiner returns home after he announced his resignation from Congress in the Queens borough of New York.AP Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has announced he is running for mayor of New York City, almost two years after resigning over a Twitter scandal. In a video released Tuesday night on his website, Weiner announced his candidacy for the election in November 2013, with his wife, Huma Abedin, aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and their young son Jordan, by his side. Sources tell the New York Post the video is authentic, but said it was supposed to be released later Wednesday. The married Democrat resigned from Congress in 2011 after tweeting a lewd picture of himself and lying about his account being hacked. He later admitted trading inappropriate messages with several women. Weiner touts his New York City roots in the video, describing how he grew up a "middle-class kid in Brooklyn." He says he wants to work to make the middle-class lifestyle more attainable for more New Yorkers, and references some of his accomplishments from his time in Congress, such as getting help for Sept. 11 first responders. "Look I made some big mistakes," Weiner says in the video. "And I know I've let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons. I'm running for mayor because I've been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. And I hope I get a second chance to work for you." The website also provides a link to Weiner's "action plan" for the city, entitled: "These ideas are diverse, but what binds them is the help they offer to the middle class and those struggling to make it there," the introductions reads. "Part of being a New Yorker is looking at problems and figuring out a better way. I put these ideas on the table to start the dialog for a better way for our great city." Weiner acknowledged he was considering a bid for mayor in a lengthy interview with the New York Times Magazine in April. He told the magazine his committee has dropped more than $100,000 on polling and research, as was previously shown in campaign finance reports. Weiner said his pollster was telling him he'd be the "underdog" in a race. "I am a bit of a polarizing case," Weiner said.  Click for more from the New York Post.

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