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The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The current mayor-council form of city government was created in 1954, following the 1950 amendment of the state constitution that provided for a home rule charter for the city. The 1954 Charter provided for seven members, five elected ...
Helena Moreno. Helena Nancy Moreno (born September 30, 1977) is a Mexican-American realtor, equestrienne, former journalist, and politician serving as the president of the New Orleans City Council and First Division Councilmember-at-Large. Moreno was formerly a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where she represented ...
Leslie Maria Harris is an American historian and scholar of African American Studies. She is a professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University. Harris studies the history of African Americans in the United States. She has published work on the history of slavery in New York City, on slavery, gender and sexuality in ...
Cynthia W. Willard-Lewis (born 1952) is an American politician in Louisiana.A Democrat from New Orleans, Louisiana, she served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate and for longer periods in the Louisiana House of Representatives and on the New Orleans City Council.
Meanwhile, New Orleans City Councilmember Leslie Harris criticized the state authorities’ decision to relocate individuals, arguing that coordinating efforts to help those without shelter would ...
Budget. $130,000. Box office. $479,169. Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. is a 1992 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Leslie Harris. The film follows Chantel, a Black teenager living in the New York City projects. The film addresses a variety of contemporary social and political issues including teenage pregnancy, abortion ...
Shreveport. Government. v. t. e. The 2010 New Orleans city council elections were held on February 6, 2010, to determine the seven seats of the New Orleans City Council. Runoff elections for districts A and E were held on March 6, 2010.
The council's Criminal Justice Committee agreed Monday to advance the leasing proposal to the full City Council for a vote, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.