I did not actually test your code thoroughly, but on the first glimpse:
your form input is named post_category while you’re grabbing $_POST['new_cat']. Adjusting that (e.g., set both to post_category) should already do.
// EDIT
And why are you grabbing $_POST['category'] in line 5?
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