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Nov 1, 2024 · The Port of New Orleans plans to “revitalize” the Alabo Street Wharf into a terminal for organic grain. Neighbors in Holy Cross are concerned about grain dust, pests, rodents and a steady line of railcars passing right outside their doors. by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eva Tesfaye, WWNO November 1, 2024. Schools.
Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
Nov 13, 2021 · X. Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaking at a March 15, 2020 press conference regarding the coronavirus crisis. (Michael Isaac Stein/The Lens) New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was elected to serve a second term on Saturday, defeating 13 challengers to avoid a runoff next month. The outcome is no surprise. The race failed to attract any well-funded or ...
Neighborhoods Watched
Oct 21, 2021 · The city only directly owns 555 cameras, which are plotted on the map below. The other 420 live video feeds come through a program called Safecam Platinum, which allows private residents and businesses to hook up their cameras to the city system. This is a map of 48 participating Safecam Platinum businesses.
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Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
The Toolbox. A list of the police surveillance tools at the disposal of the city of New Orleans. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. One of the biggest hurdles to surveillance oversight is simply accounting for all the tools at the city's disposal. New Orleans’ surveillance apparatus is made up ...
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New …
Jul 20, 2015 · On the morning of Aug. 30, 2005, the day after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, national media reported that New Orleans had been spared the worst of the storm. The narrative changed over the course of the morning. Early that morning, CNN’s “American Morning” host Soledad O’Brien had news from the mayor.
As reality shows face criticism over privacy, ‘Nightwatch,’ which ...
Nov 18, 2020 · The city of New Orleans announced earlier this month that a reality TV show called “Nightwatch,” which follows New Orleans emergency medical technicians working the 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. shift, has resumed filming here following a three-year hiatus.
Neighborhoods Watched: The Cost of a Camera - The Lens
Oct 21, 2021 · The Cost of a Camera. New Orleans has spent millions on surveillance, but the full price tag is unclear. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. The upfront cost of a single New Orleans surveillance camera ranges from $1,094 to $8,263, depending on their capabilities — like zoom, pan tilt and ...
NOLA Public Schools centralized admissions process - The Lens
Oct 29, 2021 · NOLA Public Schools’ centralized school enrollment lottery, until recently called OneApp, is scheduled to launch on Monday and for the first time it will include three of the city’s most highly regarded schools.
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
Oct 21, 2021 · Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans’ violent crime and homicide rates have oscillated. Homicides fell to their lowest level in decades in 2019. But in 2020, New Orleans followed a national trend of spiking homicide rates that has continued into 2021. In search of an explanation, some looked at how policing tactics changed in 2020.