Carly Berlin
New Orleans Metro ReporterCarly Berlin is the New Orleans Reporter for WWNO and WRKF. She focuses on housing, transportation, and city government. Previously, she was the Gulf Coast Correspondent for Southerly, where her work focused on disaster recovery across south Louisiana during two record-breaking hurricane seasons. Much of that reporting centered on the aftermath of Hurricanes Laura and Delta in Lake Charles, and was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Carly grew up in Atlanta and earned a BA in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Bowdoin College in 2018.
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The recommendation still needs to be considered by the city council before it's adopted.
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The City Planning Commission's recommendations mark the next step in City Hall’s push to pass updated STR rules. The CPC will hold a public hearing about the report on Jan. 24.
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New Orleans is gearing up to overhaul its laws governing short-term rentals — again. Here's how we got here, and what options the city is considering for new rules.
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When the Claiborne Expressway was built through the Tremé, it decimated what some remember as the Black Wall Street of New Orleans. It’s been called a textbook example of America’s racist highway history. Now, there’s a new federal program to address that past — and a few ideas in New Orleans for how to best use the money.
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A cold front will bring plummeting temperatures to the region just ahead of Christmas.
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A 31-year veteran from the department will step in as the interim superintendent for the New Orleans Police Department, while the city conducts a search for its next police chief, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
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After 21 tornadoes touched down in Louisiana over the course of 24 hours, residents across this weather-battered state – who have contended with a litany of severe storms over the last few years, from major hurricanes to twisters – woke up Thursday morning to an eerily familiar scene.
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Regional Transit Authority CEO Alex Wiggins said he will step down at the end of the year to spend more time with family.
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New Orleans City Council approved a nearly $1.5 billion city budget for 2023 on Dec. 1. We took a look at the housing and transportation priorities for the new year.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was in New Orleans yesterday, the first visit by a French President in nearly 50 years.