On Monday, the French Quarter Management District’s security and enforcement committee took the first step toward drone response in New Orleans, as it voted to finance one $250,000 NOPD drone and docking station.
The city's needs require a new approach that prioritizes equity, the group argues.
Residents of Gordon Plaza, which sits atop a toxic landfill, want to keep their lawyers away from $35 million the New Orleans City Council set aside for people who lived there.
Judge Wilson Fields of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge on Monday sided with the state in dismissing the group’s petition but did not rule on the merits of their case. The environmental groups are now evaluating their legal options.
The borrow pit is on land subject to litigation and an Army Corps of Engineers review.
The company’s controversial $400 million grain elevator project is behind schedule.
Hurricane Ida, new predictions on sea level rise compel the state to reevaluate its decision to issue a permit exemption for the project, environmental groups argue.
