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The New Orleans City Council is seeking repayment of more than $40 million it says was improperly distributed from the Wisner Trust to private individuals and other organizations over the last decade, as the council ratchets up its claims in a two-year-old lawsuit over Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s handling of the trust. ....
It’s no secret that New Orleans storm drains are in a miserable state because City Hall has neglected them for decades. But it’s not every day that a top city official like Joe Threat, who oversees infrastructure, admits the maintenance backlog of clogged catch basins is so overwhelming that residents shouldn’t even bother calling 311 to report them. ....
Construction is scheduled to begin late this summer on the first phase of a project to turn two old wharves on the edge of the French Quarter into a public ....