The administration of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has handed control of the Upper Pontalba Apartment to the French Market Corporation following investigative reports.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell refutes claims of withholding keys to controversial Upper Pontalba Apartment building amid allegations and impending council vote on eviction
A federal investigation into New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and a member of her security team, Officer Jeffrey Vappie, is reaching a critical juncture as authorities determine whether to bring criminal charges.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's trip to Dubai with security officer Jeffrey Vappie cost taxpayers more than $15,000. Documents show the pair were the only city employees to attend the December 2023 conference on climate change.
Sources tell Fox 8 that federal investigators are asking questions about Mayor LaToya Cantrell's relationship with a member of her executive protection team
Text messages seem to contradict the NOPD's statement on why Mayor LaToya Cantrell needed NOPD escorts for Essence Festival Weekend. Documents show several days she had more officers protecting her than were on duty in entire police districts.
Mayor Cantrell faces allegations of violating a city council ordinance by staying overnight in the Upper Pontalba apartment during Essence Fest weekend.
Vappie was the subject of a series of Lee Zurik investigations highlighting the hours he spent, both on and off duty, with the mayor inside the city-owned Upper Pontalba apartment.
The City of New Orleans accuses the Federal Consent Decree Monitor of political motivations, after a report from the monitor slammed the NOPD’s handing of an investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie, a former member of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s executive protection team.
The New Orleans City Council will outline how the Upper Pontalba Apartment can be used after the New Orleans office of Inspector General concluded its current use could violate city ordinance and state law.
Prior to Officer Vappie joining the mayor's security team, no officer ever traveled with her. Another member of the team says he doesn't know of any other officer on a public board.
Officer Vappie was interviewed for nearly four hours and repeatedly referred to Mayor LaToya Cantrell as his supervisor, but it’s clear investigators wanted to know if a more personal relationship existed between the mayor and a member of her executive protection team.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell provided hardly any details about what members of her executive protection team are doing while logging long work days, sometimes nowhere near her.
New Orleans taxpayers own one of the units in the Upper Pontalba Apartments, but newly obtained emails appear to show Mayor LaToya Cantrell using the unit as a guest house for family members.
