NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to approve a plan to pay off nearly $90 million in court-ordered payments owed to those who successfully sued the city.
The council authorized the issuance of tax revenue bonds to cover the long-standing backlog. Some recipients have waited years — in some cases decades — for payments, despite winning lawsuits and receiving payment orders from judges.
The move follows a 2022 investigative report by FOX 8 Live that revealed the city owed $36 million to hundreds of plaintiffs but had failed to pay…