Jack Hidary will run as an independent candidate for New York’s next mayor, the tech entrepreneur announced Wednesday.

Jack Hidary got rich by creating a website to let people search for work online. Wednesday night, he launched his own bid for a new job: mayor of New York.

Speaking to supporters in a W. 37th St. loft, the tech entrepreneur painted himself as a visionary in a field of same-old, same-old �machine� pols.

�For those who want bell-bottoms, there are stores for that,� he said. �We don�t need to go back there now.�

Hidary, 45, took pains to stress his outer-borough roots and devotion to bring economic successes to corners of the city beyond Manhattan.

�We come from a place in Brooklyn with no artisanal pickles,� said Hidary, who is running as an independent.

His bid for mayor has been compared with current Mayor Michael Bloomberg�s. Like Bloomberg, he is a tech titan and political outsider. But the comparison only goes so far. One difference: Bloomberg spent $74 million of his fortune to win in 2001; Hidary has no plans to spend anything close to that.

In a surprising move, given his stable of consultants, Hidary declared his candidacy at 7 p.m. � too late for the evening news.

He told his supporters that his message of better jobs and schools would resonate in a city he said was unimpressed with the current crop of candidates.

�We can make this impact. We have the power,� he said.

(The Daily News)