Council frustrated that rank-and-file jobs frozen while top-brass spots...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Since Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s inauguration nearly a year and a half ago […]
View ArticleWith 20 percent ignoring costs, council pushes city to collect delinquent...
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s top lieutenant faced pressure from the City Council Monday […]
View ArticleCouncil OK's St. Charles Avenue demolition
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | A substantial group of Uptown property owners attended today’s City Council meeting […]
View ArticleNew Orleans will soon boast bigger libraries — which will soon need bigger...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | New Orleans taxpayers are likely to be asked to pay more money […]
View ArticleDespite public's pleas for basic repairs, mayor wants to cut public works...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Spending on road and infrastructure maintenance likely will decrease in 2012 despite […]
View ArticleDespite previous grumbling, council meeting verges on love-fest in passing...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | In a city confronting an ever-rising homicide count and profound infrastructural and […]
View ArticleJohnson and Hedge-Morrell continue City Council stalemate
Continuing a legislative stalemate, two members were absent from a specially called New Orleans City Council meeting Wednesday morning, preventing […]
View ArticleTwo council members continue work stoppage
More reporters than City Council members attended today’s non-meeting of the city’s legislative branch, which again was stymied by the absence of Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell.
View ArticleCouncil vows to keep closer eye on Algiers Development District
New Orleans City Council members said Thursday they will more closely monitor the spending of the Algiers Economic Development District, […]
View ArticleCouncilmember Kristin Palmer to be guest speaker at upcoming Newsmakers event
Lens reporter Charles Maldonado will conduct an interview with Councilwoman Palmer starting at 8 a.m., followed by an audience Q-and-A.
View ArticleCity hasn't said what recovery projects are delayed by council's questions
Grandstanding is a tradition as old as politics itself. Knowing that, The Lens was not surprised to hear the city’s deputy chief administrative officer accuse inquisitive City Council members of...
View ArticleCouncil looks to hamstring Nagin on Chevron Building
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday is set to consider an ordinance to prevent Mayor Ray Nagin from buying the Chevron Building and renovating it into a new City Hall. Introduced Jan. 7, the...
View ArticleCity makes $50k grant to support abstinence education
The city gave $50,000 in federal grant money in part to help support sexual abstinence education done by a Christian organization, according to a spending report presented Monday to members of the City...
View ArticleCouncil president seeks oversight for economic development loans
City Council President Arnie Fielkow plans to introduce an ordinance this week that would require council approval for all loans from the Urban Development Action Grant fund, increasing public...
View ArticleCouncil increases transparency with subcontractor ordinance
With little to no fanfare, the New Orleans City Council passed an ordinance today requiring all city contractors to disclose their subcontractors. Transparency proponents have long advocated for this...
View ArticleMaster plan moving forward with no clear source of funding for citizen...
The City Council will vote Thursday on whether to give final approval to a citywide master plan establishing new guidelines for land use and civic participation. The vote is largely symbolic because of...
View ArticleCity begins new era with approval of master plan
In a long-anticipated final step for a winding process that began shortly after Hurricane Katrina, the City Council unanimously approved a new citywide master plan Thursday City officials hope the new...
View ArticleCity Council supports reinstatement of New Orleans red-light camera system
Update: The council voted today 6-1 in favor of the cameras, with Jon Johnson dissenting. The post City Council supports reinstatement of New Orleans red-light camera system appeared first on The Lens.
View ArticleMayor broke council majority to get extra tax increase
A City Council majority that favored a smaller tax increase than sought by Mayor Mitch Landrieu fell apart in the past week, making Saturday morning’s property tax increase possible. The post Mayor...
View Article2 council members frustrated with tear-down tendencies
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority should be developing houses not demolishing them, said two City Council members this week, as they considered a demolition request from the agency and a...
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