Hynes and seek after funds rap

FORMER BROOKLYN District Attorney Charles Hynes was in hiding Tuesday after a scathing city report accused him of possibly committing larceny by misusing public funds for a failed reelection campaign.

The embattled ex-lawman may have used money seized from criminals to pay more than $200,000 to political consultant Mortimer Matz, a stunning Department of Investigation probe revealed Monday.

“He’s underground,” said a Hynes confidant. “He’s not talking to anybody.”

The city DOI’s 27-page report cited emails allegedly showing 89-year-old Matz, a former DA employee who began working for Hynes in 2003, focused on his boss’ reelection bid last year. But three sources close to Hynes, 79, said Matz was compensated for advising the office, not the campaign, adding that Hynes (right) em- ployed a PR firm and a cammpaign manager.

Matz couldn’t be reached ed for comment Tuesday.

The veteran prosecutor lost ost his bid for a seventh term last fall. Pals of the former DA — who could face misdemeanor charges related to violating the City Charter or felony larceny charges — questioned why the DOI didn’t interview any subjects during its investigation, which consisted of reviewing some 6,000 emails that Hynes either sent or received. They pointed out that agency chief Mark Peters ran against Hynes in the 2005 Democratic primaries and lost.

“I think it’s a straight-up hit job,” one friend said.

A DOI spokeswoman said: “The facts in the report are overwhelming and speak for themselves. Everything else is a distraction.”

“We shouldn’t prejudge,’ Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday. “But certainly what has been reported is

very troubling.”