A plan to layoff dozens of New Orleans sanitation workers received a hostile response from members of the city council, who warned the cuts could make it impossible for Mardi Gras parades to roll and result in overflowing public trash cans across the city.
During day six of the council’s hearings on the 2027 budget on Oct. 19, members of Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration laid out how it is planning to reduce spending on sanitation services, permitting and enforcement and code compliance.
As part of the sanitation budget, the administration wants to layoff 32 sanitation department workers and more than a dozen equipment operators. Those employees are responsible for a host of services, including graffiti abatement, post-Mardi Gras parade and second line cleanups, recycling and trash can deliveries and more…