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Decay on Display: Old Canal Street Hotel faces demolition amid city s blight battle

Decay on Display: Old Canal Street Hotel faces demolition amid city s blight battle
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Viewpoint: Can the city fix its broken bureaucracy?

Most New Orleanians shutter at the thought of having to go to City Hall to get a permit any permit. It’s not now, nor has it ever been, a quick, easy or transparent process. The requirements are hard to understand. A staff person might not be available to discuss or explain a puzzling issue, […]

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Gas permit investigation exposes web of self-dealing by S&WB officials, city inspectors and contractors

The city and S&WB suspended several employees and stripped contractors of their licenses in response to state investigations and WWL-TV’s findings and questions.

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Third-party inspectors are getting more work than ever, but face little oversight

Third-party inspectors are getting more work than ever, but face little oversight “We have no oversight on how they do it. We can t investigate what they do or don t do. We don t even charge a fee for them to register with us. Author: Katie Moore / Eyewitness News Published: 9:45 PM CST February 24, 2021 Updated: 10:22 PM CST February 24, 2021 After the Hard Rock Hotel site collapsed killing three workers, the city of New Orleans started taking a closer look at its staff building inspections. The collapse revealed city staff inspectors were not showing up in person to inspect the construction work. But the review also exposed problems with oversight of inspections done by private, third party companies.

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