A second house moved to make way for a massive new hospital complex in Lower Mid-City is being considered for demolition after standing open to the elements for months. The city spent $35,450 to move the house, an effort to preserve part of the city’s historic housing stock. The fate of the house, now in […]
Tag: Ryan Berni
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Squandered Heritage
Extreme caution: Handle with care—the billboard that is
In April, as city officials debated whether to allow its demolition, the shotgun beneath the billboard still bore some resemblance to a house. photo: Preservation Resource Center In the words of Ryan Berni, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s director of communications, the city using “extreme caution” as it attempts the demolition of the Ninth Ward shotgun pictured […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Coalition urges mayor to 'man up' and fulfill promises on jail size and budget reforms
Jail reform coalition member Norris Henderson hands a 2,200-signature petition to Councilwoman Susan Guidry’s chief of staff, Deborah Langhoff, at City Hall this afternoon. Photo by Matt Davis. By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | A reform coalition, calling for a smaller, more accountably budgeted jail, dropped off two copies of a 2,200-signature petition […]
Posted inOpinion
City officials persist in routinely violating public records law
After The Lens requested a list of traffic camera violations, the city denied us, citing a privacy law that didn’t apply to the info we’d requested. Officials recognized this in the denial, and then admitted that it would be too ‘burdensome’ to fulfill our request. Ask Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration about its frequent failure to […]