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City Announces Changes for Vehicles with Mobility-Impaired Parking Credentials

Announcement MAYOR PARKINGJanuary 7, 2022

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...

Bidders steering clear of New Orleans city contracts, shrinking competition, OIG finds

Contracts MAYOR PressDecember 17, 2021

NOLA.com Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has frequently failed to attract enough bidders for private contracts to do city work and in some instances hasn’t followed policy in dealing with the problem, according to a new report from Inspector General Ed Michel’s office. Continue Reading

Zurik: Sewerage and Water Board Special Agent suspended without pay amid investigation over detail work

PAYROLL Press SEWERAGE & WATER BOARDDecember 10, 2021

FOX 8 News NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A senior special agent for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board has been suspended without pay after separate investigations by the Office of Inspector General and FOX 8 News questioned the employee’s use of the police detail program. Continue Reading

New Orleans Assistant Chief Mechanical Inspector Pleads Guilty to Using an Interstate Facility With Intent to Carry Unlawful Activity

DEPT. OF SAFETY AND PERMITS Press PROSECUTION U.S. ATTORNEYAugust 11, 2021

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that BRIAN MEDUS, 44, of Covington, pleaded guilty as charged to violating Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1952(a)(3), conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity. Continue Reading

New Orleans Inspector General takes aim at Audubon CEO Ron Forman’s salary in his final report

AUDUBON COMMISSION PAYROLL PressOctober 28, 2020

nola.com New Orleans Inspector General Derry Harper took a parting shot at the Audubon Nature Institute in his last week on the job, accusing the organization Wednesday of overpaying CEO Ron Forman and other key employees. Continue Reading

Walk? Don’t walk? New Orleans needs better, safer crosswalks

CROSSING SIGNALS PressMay 9, 2019

nola.com In 2016, the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General announced its findings that New Orleans was well behind the national standards for crosswalk safety and that, indeed, Orleans Parish was Louisiana’s most dangerous for pedestrians. Continue Reading

Inspector General says city employees illegally accepted hundreds of free Jazz Fest tickets

PressDecember 5, 2018

wgno.com Hundreds of free tickets to Jazz Fest were handed out to city employees in 2017 in direct violation of city ordinances, according to a new report by New Orleans Inspector General Derry Harper. Continue Reading

Inspector General: New Orleans City officials received hundreds of free Jazz Fest tickets

PressDecember 5, 2018

wwwltv.com Seven different City of New Orleans department heads illegally received free Jazz Fest tickets in 2017, according to a new report from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General. Continue Reading

Sewerage and Water Board employees caught illegally using handicap hang-tags

PARKING Press SEWERAGE & WATER BOARDApril 5, 2018

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

Sewerage & Water Board sinks to new low | Opinion

PARKING Press SEWERAGE & WATER BOARDApril 4, 2018

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

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