He said he’d direct it for hurricane protection, but he has since backtracked.
Tag: Hurricane Katrina
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Feds have funded public transit in New Orleans, but service is worse since Katrina
The feds funded a new streetcar line, but bus service is down 65 percent since the storm.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Crime remains a problem in New Orleans, but feds have done plenty to fight it
Obama revived a program that funds the hiring of cops. New Orleans has gotten about $7 million.
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics
Rebuilt levees don’t meet goal to protect New Orleans against Category 5 hurricane
The levees wouldn’t collapse in a powerful hurricane, but storm surge probably would push over the top.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
10 years after Katrina, Obama has delivered on promise to rebuild hospitals in New Orleans
We teamed up with PolitiFact to see if Obama has followed through on his promises to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Posted inEnvironment
Post-Katrina reforms make levee, floodwall inspections a daily job
If local levee boards had followed inspection rules before Hurricane Katrina, they may have known about weaknesses before parts of the flood protection system collapsed in the storm. Now 11 employees work full-time inspecting and testing levees, floodwalls and equipment around New Orleans.
Posted inEnvironment
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New Orleans was correct
For years we’ve heard that 80 percent of New Orleans flooded in Katrina. Is it true? Yes, if you include flooding from the storm surge and the levee breaks.
Posted inOpinion
Yet another anniversary — and still no substitute for Charity Hospital
By Sandra Stokes, The Lens contributing opinion writer | The sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina reminds us, as a community, how resilient we are, how we can work together to find solutions to the challenges we face. It coincides with another anniversary. Three years ago the Foundation for Historical Louisiana released its study on the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Billionaire George Soros Increasing Involvement in New Orleans
Philanthropist and Open Society Institute Chairman George Soros Billionaire philanthropist George Soros arrived in New Orleans Tuesday to survey the progress of his foundation’s social investments, and after being in the city for less than 24 hours, he said he intends to increase his involvement in post-Katrina recovery efforts. Such expansion of giving comes at […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
The Bottom Line on Affordable Housing
Today the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center released the report “Housing Production Needs: Three Scenarios for New Orleans” where they explore the issue of just how much housing is needed now, and how much more may be needed in the future. What they found is that it’s extremely difficult to quantify the total supply […]