Metro

Ex-Councilman seeking retrial on fraud conviction

Ex-City Councilman Larry Seabrook is seeking a retrial on his fraud conviction thanks to a courtroom snafu.

Margaret Shalley, a lawyer for the bagel-loving ex-pol, filed legal papers Monday seeking the retrial, in response to a federal appeals court in June ordering Manhattan federal Judge Deborah Batts to look at whether Seabrook was denied a fair trial.

Seabrook was convicted in 2012 in a brazen fraud scheme involving more than $1 million in taxpayer money.

A jury found him guilty on nine counts of conspiracy and fraud for three separate schemes to loot council “slush” funds and programs to boost minority employment in the city Fire Department.

But he beat the rap for a fourth alleged scam, which included allegations that he doctored a receipt to get reimbursed $177 for a bagel sandwich and diet Snapple.

Seabrook, a Bronx Democrat who is serving a five-year prison sentence, claims his constitutional rights were violated when a deputy clerk asked his brother, a friend and a constituent to leave the courtroom during jury selection.