Group: New Orleans Plan "Muddled"
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A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects
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Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the cityÂs flood protection infrastructure.
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No less than a half-dozen reports on the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort are being released to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the storm &#151; and nearly all criticize the sluggish pace of the response.
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New Orleans' population is still only 41 percent of its size before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city 15 months ago, according to a state survey that casts doubts on rosier predictions by the mayor.
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Analysts said President Bushâs plan to aid troubled homeowners facing foreclosure fell short of the broad reforms needed to help people meet mortgage payments.
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Despite aggressive efforts to repair the New Orleans levee system following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, it isn't clear yet whether it could withstand a sizable hurricane this year, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday.
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Determined former residents who are bringing the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans back to life say government help has been minimal.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday urged the Bush administration to speed aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, suggesting the government was not meeting its legal obligations to help the city recover.
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Working group generates little real agreement on how or even whether to implement proposed privacy reforms.
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Dear Editor:  The recent article titled "Property Owners Blast Brookhaven's Overton Plan" (LIBN, May 18) presented an incomplete and misleading perspective on the town's proposal to protect the 568-acre "Overton Preserve" area in Coram.
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Group demonstrates possible solutions, but lawmakers also need to act.
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The ambitious $750 million five-year plan is imperiled by unresolved questions about whether the money could fall into the wrong hands in the restive region.
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Fifteen months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his city, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said on Monday he has hired a disaster recovery expert amid widespread criticism that rebuilding has been too slow.
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Bureaucracy and a lack of money are slowing the rebuilding of New Orleans nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina hit, Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday.
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The future of New Orleans and its  ability to recover from Hurricane Katrina is uncertain, film  director Spike Lee said on Wednesday ahead of the premiere of a  four-hour documentary on the storm.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TIPP CITY -- Property owners whose proposal to build housing just west of Interstate 75 was shot down by the city hope a new development concept gets a more "friendly" response.
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New Orleans' population is still  only 41 percent of its size before Hurricane Katrina devastated  the city 15 months ago, according to a state survey that casts  doubts on rosier predictions by the mayor.