Sophie Kasakove

RT @blevimyers: The New Orleans Safety and Permits director has been sacking senior staff she accuses of serious misconduct as federal inve…

RT @samkarlin: Louisiana folks: I'm going to be spending some time down the bayou, specifically in Terrebonne. I'm interested in hearing ho…

RT @blevimyers: Habitat for Humanity forced to foreclose on N.O.-area homeowners who can't make insurance payments. More than 100 are three…

RT @joey_cranney: It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition…

City officials cheered the fencing of the Tchoupitoulas encampment in Nov. as progress towards its plan to house people + close the city's encampments. But behind the scenes, nonprofit leaders were growing increasingly concerned about the city's approach: https://t.co/0ssp4Ixjzn

RT @tristanbaurick: New Orleans Public Library officials plan to spend millions of dollars over the next year to fix air-conditioning syste…

RT @samkarlin: The Louisiana Democratic Party was rendered virtually irrelevant this campaign. The Demos were outspent by a staggering marg…

RT @GordonRussell1: Secretary of state's office confirms the 27% number for turnout in New Orleans in this election. Statewide, the figure…

RT @NOLAnews: Corps knew for decades that dredging the Mississippi would trigger a water crisis https://t.co/O4yAqGteWA

A massive effort is underway by city gov and service providers to close homeless encampments by housing nearly everyone living on the streets in New Orleans-- and keep doing it as people become newly homeless. All the details we know so far here: https://t.co/HbBIsXsGUe

RT @RichardKimNYC: Hi New Yorkers, your friendly neighborhood local news editor here with some tips on how to help @THECITYNY keep NYC real…

As insurers pull out of the state and raise rates, affordable housing developers across Louisiana are facing a crisis. Construction timelines have been delayed and the state has already spent tens of millions to try and save projects from falling apart. https://t.co/iIsKghGPA6

RT @NOLAnews: Jason Cantrell, husband of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, has died, city says https://t.co/hZdtvBsxl8

Coroner Dwight McKenna presented a "report" to city council on homeless encampments as "Infectious Disease Time Bombs." It was mostly copy/pasted from a 2017 blog, cited rare diseases like cholera + paints a highly unrealistic picture of risks, experts say https://t.co/L6JkZjTv5x

RT @delaney_nolan: As seas rise and hurricanes strengthen, our dead won't stay put. I spoke with people from Cameron to Terrebonne to Pla…

Owners of blighted properties can now face criminal charges-- and even racketeering charges-- in Louisiana, thanks to a new law that came into effect this month. https://t.co/nRqzlcXQiP

Conditions at homeless encampments are at a crisis point, w advocates citing the city's failure to maintain trash/sanitation. Councilmembers instead sought to address the issues by restricting food distribution. The motion was tabled amid public pushback. https://t.co/Ep7yhB2gTX