Sound ordinance withdrawn at 11th hour; City Council hearing scheduled for Friday cancelled
 

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The New Orleans City Council has canceled a scheduled Friday meeting of the Housing and Human Needs Committee at which the city's proposed new sound ordinance was to be discussed. A large public rally opposing the ordinance had been planned outside City Hall.

In a statement, Councilmembers Kristin Gisleson Palmer and Stacy Head, citing "public consternation," said a new ordinance would be presented in draft form at a Jan. 27 committee meeting.? [ Read more ]

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