New Orleans Mayor Shares Reopening And Recovery Plans

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May 04, 2020

Typically filled with people, Bourbon Street is seen nearly empty on the first day of Jazz Fest 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 23, 2020. (Claire Bangser/AFP/Getty Images)

New Orleans was a COVID-19 hot spot. Now it's facing one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) about what reopening and recovery will look like in the wake of coronavirus devastation.

This segment aired on May 4, 2020.

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