The city recreation department and its foundation both failed to complete legally required financial audits in recent years, the New Orleans Office of Inspector General said in a report released Wednesday.
The report comes as the New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission has recently faced scrutiny for poor maintenance of city parks and playgrounds, and as the foundation has fallen far below its fundraising goals.
Both the New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission and the NORD Foundation, a nonprofit created to help fundraise for the agency after Hurricane Katrina, are required to obtain and submit annual independent audits to city officials, according to the OIG report…