In remarks Tuesday to the City Councils Criminal Justice Committee, activist Belden Noonie Man Batiste said that the Council should open an investigation on every New Orleans police officer who was involved in the cover-up during and after the February 2021 altercation between former City Council member Jay Banks and Batiste.
It was chilly Saturday morning at 2:00 a.m. when my neighbor looked outside and saw a white-haired man with only one leg trying to use his walker as a wheelchair. The man appeared agitated and was being harassed by teenagers. Thinking he could probably take care of himself, my neighbor went back to sleep. About […]
District B Councilmember Jay Banks stands firmly at the crossroads of New Orleans politics and culture. Decades before running for office, he served as chief of staff for two legendary council stalwarts. He is a leader of a major political organization. Banks success as a mainstay on New Orleans cultural scene are equally impressive – Zulu King, Jazz […]
The New Orleans City Councils Criminal Justice Committee convened July 27th to discuss the motion, M-21-276, which was deferred during their July 17th general meeting. At that previous meeting, the council unanimously voted for R-21-274, which signaled that the Council would strongly support a retrofit of the current jail, specifically the Option 3 retrofit plans […]
The Orleans Parish School Board will meet as a Committee of the Whole Tuesday afternoon. During their Executive Session they will discuss the ongoing litigation with the James Singleton Charter School and the possibility that the perennially underperforming facility will be closed. After NOLA-PS and Singleton Charter officials met in a court-ordered mediation last week, […]
Orleans Parish Chief Elections Officer Arthur Morrell and his attorney Madro Bandaries will head over to Civil District Court early Monday morning, July 26, to represent that State of Louisiana in three of six election challenges that were filed against candidates last Friday, July 23. Only at the end of these court challenges, will the […]
Yesterday was a big day in New Orleans for advocates of criminal justice and mental healthcare reform, especially the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC). A crowd of community advocates spoke in opposition to the construction of a new Phase III jail for inmates with mental health problems at the city council meeting. These advocates […]
My Toxic Mardi Gras a headline no one here wants to read, but the possibility was brought up at yesterdays city council hearing for R-21-239, the Resolution for Clean Air. Luckily, yesterdays city council ruling brings us one step closer to minimizing that possibility. On June 28, 2021, the Jefferson-Orleans-Irish Channel Neighbors for Clean […]
RIDE New Orleans just launched a new petition drive aimed at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Authority which sued the Regional Transit Authority late last month regarding the distribution of a one penny sales tax on hotel/motel room occupancy. The Convention Center voted unanimously in May to sue the RTA. No citizen comment was […]
City Councilmember Jay Banks pledged Saturday to support Help Not Handcuffs, a non-police crisis response alternative currently being advocated by the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC). You have a partner in me, Banks told a standing-room only crowd including many District B residents. I am committed to doing what I can to make this […]
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