After a City Council Public Works Committee meeting Tuesday at which Metro Services Group owner Jimmie Woods proposed short and long-term solutions for his companys failure to timely collect household waste from neighborhoods predominately in Gentilly and New Orleans East, Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer who is running for Council At Large, issued a statement that […]
Representatives of the citys two major trash collection contractors Richards Disposal and Metro Services said Tuesday that citizens can expect accelerated pick-up of household garbage to begin within the next few days. According to testimony at Tuesdays City Council Public Works Committee meeting, creative solutions and new sources of labor and equipment are […]
Its easy to point the finger at private sector nursing home operators like Bob Dean and others who house the elderly and infirm for the recent deaths of those shoe-horned into a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse or left to suffer in sweltering apartments in metro New Orleans. The real culprits are our local, state and federal […]
At last weeks City Council meeting, members of the Save Our Soul (SOS) Coalition laid out their vision for the redevelopment of the Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium in Armstrong Park as a cultural center. After hosting several community-wide meetings, SOS leaders came to a decision that the proposed center was the best use for […]
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 […]
DC: What was it like growing up as the daughter of a federal prosecutor? KP: I can honestly say that no one in my life had more influence on me than my dad, Eric Gisleson. He was a New Orleans federal prosecutor who spent his life fighting against political machines and corrupt politicians that took […]
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 […]
The announcement by City Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer yesterday that she was slowing down the process of moving City Hall to the Municipal Auditorium in Armstrong Park was a clear indication that the voices of Treme residents and other culture bearers will finally be heard. The press conference was attended by more than a dozen […]
The Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) today moved one step closer to their goal of creating a non-police crisis response unit. By unanimous vote, the New Orleans City Council established an advisory task force that will create a model for crisis response. Council President Helena Moreno authored the resolution to create the task force. […]
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