Chris Joseph

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans East resident Greg Duroncelay lived across the street from a hydrant with considerable leaking. “Eyesore. Eyesore. That’s all I can say,” he said. The Savoie Court resident told us the hydrant has been cracking and leaking water for months. “It’s obviously costing the city, or someone, because all this water has gone to waste,” he said. Meanwhile, at the intersection of Selma Street and Shalimar Drive, there’s no water to be seen at all from a leaning hydrant.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council instructed Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration to study city-funded travel and potentially provide recommendations to trim it. The council unanimously passed Council President JP Morrell’s ordinance, which also includes new documentation rules for trips. It comes as a ban on city-funded non-essential travel is under a preliminary injunction.

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans District C councilman Freddie King reaffirmed Wednesday (April 23) that he wants IV Waste to remain the French Quarter’s sanitation provider beyond July. “My comments are the same as they’ve always been,” King said. “Right now, the residents of the French Quarter, the businesses of the French Quarter, they’re satisfied with the sanitation provider right now.

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans’ City Council president says Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s chosen sanitation provider doesn’t have a contract to clean the French Quarter, despite her announcement last week claiming it does. Council leader J.P. Morrell released a letter Friday (April 18) that pushed back on what he called the mayor’s “erroneous claims” that Henry Consulting would take over cleaning of the French Quarter starting at the end of July.

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans drivers will get the chance to pay their parking and traffic camera tickets without late fees this summer. City leaders announced Thursday (4/17) New Orleans will offer a three-month amnesty program beginning on June 1. Drivers will be given the option to pay their tickets in full or through a payment plan. The program is expected to bring in $18 million for the city as it attempts to grow its emergency savings fund balance.