Volunteers report health, safety issues at the temporary Hilton homeless facility
City officials say improvements are being made.
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‘When do we pause?’ As city struggles, Convention Center pushes forward with $1.2 billion plans for hotel, renovations, ‘entertainment district’
Council members, advocates urge the Convention Center to reconsider its priorities.
Civil rights lawyers sue ICE, demanding immediate release of detainees at high risk from coronavirus
Lawsuit says facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not taking precautions against infection, making dangerous outbreaks inevitable. A spokesman for the agency disputes that.
Coalition of 21 groups calls on Convention Center to use $100 million from cash reserves to support hospitality workers
The Convention Center has recently reported somewhere between $185 million and $215 million in unrestricted reserves, which it has accumulated through the collection of locally generated taxes.
The Convention Center coronavirus step-down center: How will it work, and what’s the cost?
Contracts finalized this week total $76 million for the first month, though much of that is likely to be covered by the federal government.
Governor confirms deal to use Convention Center as field hospital during coronavirus crisis
First 120 beds will be ready this weekend, Edwards says.
Homeless residents moved to temporary hotel housing in midst of coronavirus outbreak
Workers cleared several sites Thursday morning, boarding people onto buses to take them to temporary accommodations.
Data Center report: New Orleans’ demographics make city more vulnerable to coronavirus spread and mortality
“I think many people fail to recognize the conditions in which poor and African American New Orleanians struggle to survive every day,” Dr. Allison Plyer said.
State may activate convention center to house coronavirus patients
Board chairman Melvin Rodrigue said a decision could come down from the state "by the end of the day" on Wednesday.
New federal coronavirus drive-through testing centers opened in New Orleans for medical workers and first responders
City official says the centers should open to the public eventually, but the timeline for that is unclear.
