Today the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center released the report “Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans” where they explore the issue of just how much housing is needed now, and how much more may be needed in the future. What they found is that it’s extremely difficult to quantify the total supply […]
Author Archives: The Editors
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
A New Source
The Lens will be an investigative news source and daily blog. Data-driven news stories, thoroughly researched and engagingly presented, will be complemented by daily blogs that cut to the quick. We will look behind the smoke and mirrors of big-city governance and also shine a light on key issues in communities too often ignored by […]
Posted inInvestigations
Mission
To produce original, responsible investigative journalism to make institutional powers in New Orleans and the surrounding region more accountable to public interest.
Posted inEnvironment, Schools
Local Purpose, National Relevance
With a newsroom staffed by experienced professional journalists and editors, we will cover significant areas of public policy—the economy, education, crime and criminal justice, the environment, land use and politics—with reporters who not only have expertise in each area, but who grasp the need for a analytical, context-driven approach.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Death of the Daily
The death of daily newspapers has been predicted for decades, but in the past year their decline accelerated. The consequence of diminished investigative reporting is especially dire on the Gulf Coast where communities remain in the throes of post-disaster recovery, with public policies undergoing major reform and billions in federal recovery dollars being spent with little oversight or accountability. The huge stakes here did not prevent Advance Publications, owner the Greater New Orleans region’s only daily newspaper, The Times Picayune, from recently announcing plans to further shrink its newsroom – and further erode coverage of the critical issues facing this uniquely challenged region.
Posted inSquandered Heritage Vintage
2101 Arts St. City of NO Imminent Danger List
City of NO Imminent Danger List To request your home be removed from the Cityâ??s Imminent Threat Demolition List Contact : Winston Reid, Department of Code Enforcement, whreid@cityofno.com Phone: 915- 0092
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2026-28 Music Street, City of NO Imminent Danger List
To request your home be removed from the City’s Imminent Threat Demolition List Contact : Winston Reid, Department of Code Enforcement, whreid@cityofno.com Phone: 915- 0092
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1124 Music Street, City of NO Imminent Danger List
To request your home be removed from the City’s Imminent Threat Demolition List Contact : Winston Reid, Department of Code Enforcement, whreid@cityofno.com Phone: 915- 0092
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1411 Marigny Street, City of NO Imminent Danger List
To request your home be removed from the City’s Imminent Threat Demolition List Contact : Winston Reid, Department of Code Enforcement, whreid@cityofno.com Phone: 915- 0092
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1338-40 Marigny Street,City of NO Imminent Danger List
To request your home be removed from the City’s Imminent Threat Demolition List Contact : Winston Reid, Department of Code Enforcement, whreid@cityofno.com Phone: 915- 0092