EUGENE AND DISTRICT 40

FROM THE DAILY NEWS

What Eugene said before his lawyer stopped him
The Daily News' Frank Lombardi managed to get Mathieu Eugene on the phone briefly after today's news conference, at which he requested a new special election for City Council in Brooklyn's 40th District. Here's what he found out about Eugene's real estate plans and medical career:
Eugene said he wasn't running away from the media after reading his statement requesting a new election.
"I like you," he said of the media. "You make me very popular, like a star." He said he was in a "rush to get back. I had so many other meetings, appointments, statements, people to meet."
He repeated his contention that he's a "victim of this law," dealing with district residency on election day. "The law is not clear, it's confused."
Asked if he now intends to sell his house in Canarsie, he said, "I don't know what I'm going to do with the house. My wife and I are discussing about that."
Asked to clear up whether he ever practiced medicine here, while working for the Maple Immediate Care Center in Brooklyn, he said flatly, "I did not."
"I've been doing preventive medicine, educational medicine, organizing medical symposiums," he said. Not treatment? he was asked. "No, no, no," he replied. He couldn't recall how long he worked at the Maple Care Center, or when he left.
In response to questions, he said he first came to the U.S. in 1978, but then "went outside" to study in Mexico, where he received his medical degree.
As he was asked when he received his degree, a cell phone could be heard ringing in the background. Eugene excused himself to answer it and then said his lawyer told him he shouldn't talk anymore. Pressed on when he graduated, he hurriedly said, "I don't remember the date exactly," and ended the call.
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