Council members and Gordon Plaza residents both criticized the administration for providing few details of its plan while taking public credit for taking action.
The Orleans Parish School Board will vote on its committee’s recommendation at its meeting on Thursday
Group says the city should use federal funds for mental health treatment, violence intervention programming.
The four-page letter does not address many of the council’s questions and concerns, but it does provide more information about the plan than was previously available.
The Cantrell administration is now considering beginning the project — originally pitched as a multiyear contract — with a one-year agreement, which would not require council approval.
A federal judge denied the Southern Poverty Law Center’s request to make a formal objection.
The judge said he will likely give the city until mid-May to complete a required FEMA report.
A new millage, if approved by voters later this month, will raise $21 million annually for 1,000 new early childhood education seats.
The council characterizes the moves as accountability measures for underperforming departments. But the Cantrell administration says they could make things worse.
The City Council still needs to approve the multi-year contract for the contract, but so far, that contract hasn't been presented to the public or Council President Helena Moreno.
