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The City of New Orleans has pushed back the opening of Lincoln Beach in New Orleans East to 2026. Residents of New Orleans East and advocates for the project are frustrated with the delay.

Residents can go back to using their tap water without having to boil it first.

Residents in the Lower Ninth Ward and parts of New Orleans East will no longer need to boil their water.

Residents have until Nov. 24 to provide feedback on the design before it’s finalized.

Dollar General stocker and advocate David Williams hopes the complaint and settlement will lead to positive changes for employees.

The City of New Orleans presented the first designs for the restoration of Lincoln Beach over the weekend. The city wants community input on the redevelopment of the abandoned formerly Blacks-only beach.

While land is subsiding throughout the city, industry water use has exacerbated the problem in one predominantly Black and Vietnamese area.

The death in New Orleans East comes amid a spike in fatalities for all road users in the city, in line with a national trend.

A new Bus Rapid Transit project would connect New Orleans East and the west bank to downtown.

Though tornado damage was mostly minimal in New Orleans East, residents say the number of natural disasters — from hurricanes to twisters — has taken a toll on their neighborhood