WWL-TV Investigations – Mike Perlstein Despite the previous exposure and crackdowns, Channel 4 caught one employee as recently as last week parked all day using the handicapped tag of a dead person, even though internal documents show she had been warned weeks earlier along with 16 other employee violators. Continue Reading
BY MIKE PERLSTEIN | WWL-TV The New Orleans Inspector General’s office exposed the problem in 2017, catching 26 employees illegally using other people’s handicapped placards. Then in 2018, WWL-TV caught several employees in the act. Continue Reading
City of New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works’ Parking and Towing Divisions today announced that changes to parking enforcement for vehicles with mobility impaired parking credentials will begin Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Following recommendation from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General, the Parking Division will begin fully...
WDSU News The Office of Inspector General released a report showing 26 of the board’s employees were caught illegally using handicap placards to park around their office on St. Joseph Street. Continue Reading
The Times Picayune – Nola.com A draft report from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General says more than two-dozen Sewerage & Water Board employees were using fake or unauthorized handicap parking placards and hang-tags to thwart parking meters around the utility’s main office. Continue Reading
WWL Radio – AM 870 – FM 105.3 According to the New Orleans Inspector General’s 2017 Annual Report, 26 Sewerage and Water Board Employees used handicapped placards and hangtags at the Sewerage and Water Board’s main office on St. Joseph’s street beyond the three-hour limit given to disabled residents. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.COM If you’ve ever gotten a parking ticket and don’t remember parking anywhere near the alleged infraction, read on… Continue Reading
NOLA.COM Mistakes on parking tickets cost the city of New Orleans about $190,000 to issue and dismiss last year, according to the Office of Inspector General. Continue Reading
