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Author: Michael Isaac Stein

About Michael Isaac Stein
Michael Isaac Stein covers New Orleans' cultural economy and local government for The Lens. Before joining the staff, he freelanced for The Lens as well as The Intercept, CityLab, The New Republic, and Pacific Standard. He was recently awarded a fellowship from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, which he used to report on water scarcity, division, and colonialism in Cyprus.

Groups urge City Council to pass limits on surveillance

October 7, 2020 Updated October 7, 2020
Extensive reporting and approval processes are being stripped from the ordinance after pushback by council members and Cantrell administration officials

City officials prepare for effects of Hurricane Delta

October 6, 2020 Updated October 7, 2020
The latest projections on Tuesday afternoon showed the storm shifting West, away from New Orleans. But officials warned that the path was far from certain.

Mayor Cantrell plans to partially furlough all city employees through end of the year

October 5, 2020 Updated October 5, 2020

New Orleans to move into ‘phase 3.1’

October 1, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
Seventy-five percent capacity at restaurants, other businesses beginning Saturday. Bars will be able to reopen for to-go service.

Tourism industry groups cut funding for French Quarter security and improvements

September 30, 2020 Updated October 5, 2020
New Orleans and Company wants a refund of unspent money. But the city isn’t handing it over.

Two competing visions for French Quarter security as tax shifts from state police patrols

September 24, 2020 Updated September 25, 2020
Mayor LaToya Cantrell wants to use the money for a new grounds patrol division, while the French Quarter Management District wants use it solely for off-duty NOPD patrols.

Suspended $24M state rental assistance program has only disbursed $115,000 in New Orleans

September 22, 2020 Updated September 23, 2020
State expected $5.6 million to go to the city. $7 million worth of applications are still being processed two months after state stopped taking new applicants.

Convention Center has spent nearly $50 million from reserves to keep operations going

September 17, 2020 Updated September 17, 2020
Tax revenues for 2020 now expected to be less than half what officials estimated in 2019 due to collapsed tourism industry.

‘A very big rain event’: Mayor Cantrell warns that Hurricane Sally will impact New Orleans despite more favorable projections

September 14, 2020 Updated September 14, 2020
Hurricane Sally's track has shifted east, but city should still brace for effects.

How would libraries deal with a Cantrell-backed cut? Top official says shedding staff is one possibility

September 9, 2020 Updated December 31, 2020
Montaño continues to insist that a nearly 40 percent cut in tax revenue will not hurt services.

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