Eugene Update: City Says No to Y.E.S.

During the special election for the seat in the 40th Councilmanic District, Mathieu Eugene relied heavily on his leadership of the not-for-profit "Youth for Education and Sports" when listing his qualifications. It is worth wondering what those qualifications actually were, as the NY Times is reporting today that the  Department of Youth and Community Development has refused to approve Eugene's allocation of discretionary funds to the group.

According to the Times, "The city’s auditors expressed concern about the group’s performance on prior contracts and criticized the way it kept its records, including its inability to produce timesheets for one of the employees, Mr. Eugene’s brother." The Youth Department further recommended canceling all extant contracts with Y.E.S.

At least some of the problems, according to the Times, dated to when Mr. Eugene was still running the organization. All of this is worth keeping in mind when Mr. Eugene's term ends in 2009.

Comments

[Timmy]

Keep it in mind, but in the back of your mind. Unless he's hit w/ a Kendall Stewart type investigation w/ indictments, no need to worry about this seat until he's term limited out. If his brother had a no show job then, there might some fire to this smoke. So he gave the not for profit he founded some money, he disclosed it. So he's a poor manager, his supporters don't care. Just more of the same from City Council. His seat is safe, I mean the guy had like 35% of the vote in a divided field. This what you get when only a few people vote and there is organized support for one candidate.

[Charles Star]

I know, Timmy. Sad but true.