NOLA.com: As New Orleans Council pushes for spending federal aid, Cantrell administration urges caution
New Orleans is set to receive $388 million from this year’s coronavirus stimulus package, and while council members are calling to spend at least some of that money, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration is urging a slower approach…
…Councilmember Joe Giarrusso, who has also been heavily involved in budget matters, said that he wants to see some immediate spending to address the city’s needs and a plan from Cantrell to spend the money – with hearings or without.
“My only concern is that we’re not spending the money in too much of a piecemeal way and that there’s a plan,” Giarrusso said. “And that means we’re spending money in the next couple months to the highest priority items that people have been clamoring for” such as public safety, drainage and street repairs.