A French Quarter sales tax has funded State Police patrols for several years. But the city wants to end that agreement, instead using the tax for supplemental NOPD and civilian patrols. […]
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Councilman Jason Williams said he was prompted to the delay the vote and create new regulations after meeting with the local community group Eye on Surveillance […]
The request to increase the bed cap from 1,438 to 1,731 will now go to the New Orleans City Council. […]
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HR&A study urged the council against affordable unit requirements and strict limits on commercial short-term rentals. […]
Council members appear supportive of the plan, proposed by the Vera Institute for Justice last month. But a prominent crime watchdog group and the Orleans DA have criticized jail population reduction efforts. […]
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Moreno seeks to boost in-house staff, reduce council reliance on outside contractors. […]
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Diverting money from maintenance is a truly bad idea. […]
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The themes of what could be a tough election in 2020 may have already started to emerge. Councilman Jason Williams has criticized DA Cannizzaro’s hardball tactics. Cannizzaro has taken on a tough-on-crime message.
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