Overview
- Moreno was sworn in Monday at the Saenger Theatre by former Vice President Kamala Harris, formally beginning her term as New Orleans' 63rd mayor.
- Within hours of taking office, she signed executive orders creating the Lights-On program for streetlight repairs and a coordinating council to speed public-works projects.
- On Tuesday, she kicked off repairs in New Orleans East, prioritizing areas with high crime; the city tracks more than 54,000 streetlights and reported roughly 3,000 open work orders.
- Moreno authorized exceptions to the hiring freeze to bring on electricians, with vendor All Star Electric handling initial fixes and residents urged to report outages via 311.
- The City Council convened its new term, set committee chairs, and scheduled department-head confirmation hearings for midweek, as Moreno and council leaders warned of a roughly $222 million shortfall and moved to finalize the Revenue Estimating Conference.