A local pressure campaign to force the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center to use its reserve funds for coronavirus worker relief funding is starting to affect the center’s business.
Parole revocation hearings have been suspended since March.
High demand during the coronavirus crisis has caused prices to rise as much as 14 times the usual cost.
Former-State Rep. Walt Leger, the new board chairman of the Convention Center, says the center will push forward with large, controversial developments despite ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Governor’s office says the memo was inadvertently released. Advocates worry politics is being placed over public health.
The Governor said he would sign an order after meeting with acting state superintendent. The announcement came hours after the state board of education requested schools not reopen.
City officials say improvements are being made.
The ACLU has filed a class-action suit requesting the release of medically-vulnerable prisoners.
The state is retrofitting the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center to house coronavirus patients who are still in recovery and need supervision, but don't need to the acute care of a hospital setting.
Council members, advocates urge the Convention Center to reconsider its priorities.
