WDSU.com Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter The latest Inspector General report uncovers concerns about financial expenditures from the mayor’s shuttered nonprofit Forward Together New Orleans. After serious allegations of ethical misconduct, the IG subpoenaed the organization’s financials and its conversation with city leaders. What the IG found is there were conflicts of interest regarding how money...
nola.com BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer The New Orleans City Council on Thursday adopted a series of measures aimed at preventing conflicts of interest and fraud in city contracts, a response to the “smart cities” scandal that erupted at City Hall two years ago. The ordinances, which passed unanimously, require city employees to include all types...
nola.com BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer New Orleans mayors will no longer have access to a city-controlled apartment in Jackson Square after City Council members on Thursday quashed Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of an ordinance ending the longtime perk. With a 5-2 vote, the City Council upheld a measure requiring that the French Market...
BY BEN MYERS | STAFF WRITER APR 27, 2022 – 6:46 PM The New Orleans City Council on Wednesday called on the city’s Office of Inspector General to investigate several initiatives advanced by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, while also ordering an immediate halt to distributions from a controversial land trust. Continue Reading
