What happened to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin?
The 63-year-old Nagin was convicted on 20 counts of corruption, bribery and fraud in February 2014. He reported to a low-security prison in Texarkana, Texas, for a 10-year sentence in September 2014. His full sentence would have lasted until September 2024, four and a half years from now.
Nagin was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Creole family. He spent his early years in the Seventh Ward, until his family moved to the New Aurora section of Algiers, Louisiana, in the early 1970s.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The former New Orleans mayor who led the city amid Hurricane Katrina's devastation and was later convicted in a corruption case was released from prison early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ray Nagin, 63, got out of federal prison Monday, news outlets reported.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The former New Orleans mayor who led the city amid Hurricane Katrina's devastation and was later convicted in a corruption case was released from prison early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ray Nagin, 63, got out of federal prison Monday, news outlets reported.
Smith said Nagin was with his family in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb where Nagin bought a place after Hurricane Katrina, and where the family settled after he left office in 2010.
The failures of levees and flood walls during Katrina are considered by experts to be the worst engineering disaster in the history of the United States. By August 31, 2005, 80% of New Orleans was flooded, with some parts under 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.
Three days after the levees broke in New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin called WWL - the only local radio station to stay on air during the storm and in the immediate aftermath. He was angry at the lack of federal support, saying people were dying while waiting for aid to arrive.
Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American political figure and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986.
Mitch Landrieu served as the 61st Mayor of New Orleans (2010–2018) When he took office, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and in the midst of the BP Oil Spill. Under Landrieu's leadership, New Orleans is widely recognized as one of the nation's great comeback stories.
