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‘Change the locks’: New Orleans City Council ends mayoral use of Pontalba apartment
CITY COUNCILFRENCH MARKET CORP.MAYORPressTop StoryAugust 25, 2023
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...
wdsu.com Updated: 8:58 AM CDT Aug 18, 2023 Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter The City of New Orleans is being fined by the Municipal Police Employee Retirement System (MPERS) for $38 million over the next 15 years due to a drastic drop in New Orleans Police Department officers. State law requires that if a department...
wdsu.com Updated: 7:38 PM CDT Apr 27, 2023 Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter A call for more supervision over those protecting the New Orleans mayor, the Office of Inspector General just released a report raising concerns over a lack of procedure in place for Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s executive detail. “We determined that the executive protection team did...
wdsu.com Updated: 8:49 PM CDT Apr 7, 2023 Cassie Schirm, Investigative Reporter Michel assumed the interim job in 2020 after inspector general Derry Harper resigned when it was discovered that he rarely showed up to work. Since he took on this role, the team has hit the ground running. “We had a 400% increase...
Mayor’s use of city apartment worth $40,000, should be given up, Inspector General says
FMCMAYORPressTop StoryUpper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023
Author: WWL Staff; Published: 5:08 PM CDT March 15, 2023; Updated: 5:43 PM CDT March 15, 2023 In a letter to the mayor and the French Market Corporation, Inspector General Ed Michel stated that there is awaiting list of over 300 for an apartment at the Pontalba and that a market rate rental would be close...
A new report says the mayor should give up a French Quarter apartment
FMCMAYORPressTop StoryUpper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023
WDSU.com Kourtney Williams, Updated: 11:53 PM CDT Mar 15, 2023 The Office of the Inspector General released a letter after looking into reports of the apartment being used as a residence by Cantrell. “The OIG recommends that the city relinquish the apartment to the French Quarter Market Corporation to rent to the public. This would...
New Orleans should give up mayor’s apartment in Upper Pontalba Building, IG says
FMCMAYORPressTop StoryUpper Pontalba BuildingMarch 16, 2023
BY MATT SLEDGE | STAFF WRITER; MAR 15, 2023 – 4:15 PM For decades, chief executives of New Orleans have kept a foothold in the French Quarter in the form of a special “mayor’s apartment” in the Upper Pontalba Building. But after the revelation last year that Mayor LaToya Cantrell was repeatedly spending hours of her day...
wdsu.com Cassie Schirm The Office of Inspector General has issued an opinion on the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board’s consideration of a rate hike to deal with its ongoing millions of dollars of delinquent funding issues. According to the report, SWBNO has experienced multiple well-publicized issues regarding customer billing, resulting in numerous customer complaints...
New Orleans nonprofit started by mayor repays city more than $1 million
FORWARD TOGETHER NEW ORLEANS FUNDMAYORPressFebruary 15, 2023
wdsu.com Aubry Killion A nonprofit started by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has issued a repayment to the city after an Office of the Inspector General report brought concerns forward about the organization’s spending. Continue Reading
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