A prominent Bronx politician lobbied to run a new City Council committee that oversees taxis and car services after collecting thousands in campaign funds from the industry.

Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat, confirmed to The Post that he pushed for the creation of the Committee on For-Hire Vehicles he now chairs — despite having taken at least $12,475 from the industry and its workers last year, city campaign filings show.

Diaz, a former state senator, got at least another $13,700 in industry donations to his Senate campaigns since 2002.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) named Diaz chair of the new committee this month, giving the outspoken 74-year-old minister subpoena power and oversight of yellow and green taxis, Ubers and other car-service vehicles regulated by the Taxi & Limousine Commission.

Johnson gave the new post to Diaz to reward him and the Bronx Democratic organization for supporting his bid to become speaker, council sources said.

Johnson stripped jurisdiction of taxis and car services from the Transportation Committee, which since 2014 has been chaired by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), another pol with many industry workers in his district.

Inventing the new committee was seen as a convenient way to punish Rodriguez for challenging Johnson’s bid to be speaker.

“For the speaker, I think this was an easy way to reward Ruben Sr. for his loyalty while embarrassing Ydanis for running against him,” one council source said.

Though Rodriguez kept the Transportation Committee chair, with oversight over public transit and city DOT matters, he was livid that he lost power over for-hire vehicles, Council sources said. Rodriguez took in at least $36,085 from the industry since 2000, according to campaign filings.

Rodriguez said in a statement that he is “confident” in Johnson’s ability to organize the committees and that he’s honored to continue as Transportation Committee chair.

Johnson and Diaz are unlikely allies. The openly gay speaker visited Diaz in the hospital twice even though LGBT groups gripe that the Pentecostal minister is a homophobe who as a senator opposed New York’s gay-marriage law.

Johnson spokeswoman Robin Levine said the council is “proud” to have the newly dedicated committee “as for-hire vehicles become an area of increased concern for New Yorkers.”

Diaz insists that despite the support he’s gotten from the industry, he’ll be fair and independent. “I am not for sale, I am not for hire, and I am not for lease,” he said.