“As we prepare for the city to host Taylor Swift and Super Bowl LIX, we are committed to ensuring that New Orleans puts its best foot forward on the world stage,” said Landry’s director of communications Kate Kelly in -a statement issued on Thursday at media institutions.

Residents of two camps, however, filed a lawsuit alleging civil rights violations and personal property destroyed because officials directed them to a designated camp located elsewhere in the city without notice.

“In recent days, state police and other state agencies have engaged in illegal checks of homeless people in New Orleans in a manner that does not comply with city code or the state or federal constitution,” said attorney William Most. WWL-TV said.

costumefiled against the State of Louisiana in the Civil District Court of Orleans Parish, argued that “as a result of the inspections, petitioners have suffered the destruction of their property without due process and will continue to do so until a restraining order is implemented. took or destroyed property, including tents, HIV medicine, ID cards and food stamp cards’.

right restraining order issued by Civil Court Judge Lori Jupiter on Friday, barred state officers from removing homeless encampments the way they were, stipulating that they must give people 24 hours notice before vacating an encampment and that may not destroy or dispose of residents’ property.

Landry, a Republican, reacted to the ruling with a statement issued to media institutions blaming the Democrat-run city of New Orleans.

The city, he said, has received “tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to fix this problem and they’re failing.

“We will not tolerate the jewel city of the state to remain in these conditions. Either the city addresses the problem, or we will.”