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• A Resolution for Gordon Plaza Residents’ Fight Could Be in Sight | WNYC | May 8, 2023 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/resolution-gordon-plaza
• Gordon Plaza residents finally receive offer letters for homes built atop New Orleans dump | NOLA.com | Apr. 19, 2023 https://www.nola.com/news/environment/gordon-plaza-residents-receive-buyout-offers-from-city/article_7d151b38-dd66-11ed-9943-0707ce7d2329.html
• No deal reached in Gordon Plaza relocation struggle, talks to resume Friday | Fox 8 Live | Apr. 18, 2023 https://www.fox8live.com/2023/04/18/no-deal-reached-gordon-plaza-relocation-struggle-talks-resume-friday/
• Gordon Plaza residents get offer letters, ask for additional relocation funds | WWLTV | Apr. 12, 2023 https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/gordon-plaza-residents-offer-letters-new-orleans/289-3b9a4503-11bb-4f60-83e3-8bd0aa3cfb76
• ‘We will continue to fight’: Gordon Plaza residents receive offer letters | WGNO | Apr. 12, 2023 https://wgno.com/news/local/we-will-continue-to-fight-gordon-plaza-residents-receive-offer-letters/
• New Orleans Gordon Plaza residents say all letters are received | WDSU | Apr. 12, 2023 https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-gordon-plaza-offer-letters/43579139
• Gordon Plaza residents start receiving offer letters for tainted properties at City Hall | Fox 8 Live | Apr. 11, 2023 https://www.fox8live.com/2023/04/12/gordon-plaza-residents-start-receiving-offer-letters-tainted-properties-city-hall/
• “PRINT THEM OUT!” Some Gordon Plaza residents still without offer letter promised by city | WGNO | Apr. 11, 2023 https://wgno.com/news/politics/tensions-high-as-gordon-plaza-residents-await-buyout-offer-letters-from-city-of-new-orleans/
• Gordon Plaza residents expected to receive official letters | WDSU | Apr. 11, 2023 https://www.wdsu.com/article/gordon-plaza-residents-to-receive-official-letters-today/43562281#
• City Council President JP Morrell demands law firm in Gordon Plaza deal show up to meetings | NOLA.com | Apr. 10, 2023 https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/city-council-president-jp-morrell-demands-law-firm-in-gordon-plaza-deal-show-up-to/article_c53a6f42-d7d2-11ed-9770-4b9666567917.html
• Gordon Plaza residents warn their attorney: Hands off of $35 million allocated by the City Council | The Lens | Mar. 31, 2023 https://thelensnola.org/2023/03/31/gordon-plaza-residents-warn-their-attorney-hands-off-of-35-million-allocated-by-the-city-council/
• Gordon Plaza relocation process takes a step forward, leaving behind its first appraiser | NOLA.com | Nov. 30, 2022 https://www.nola.com/news/environment/gordon-plaza-relocations-move-forward-with-new-appraiser/article_18f4705e-70e7-11ed-958f-1b6ddabb8871.html
• Residents of Gordon Plaza face another hurdle in securing relocation costs | NOL.com | Nov. 15, 2022 https://www.nola.com/news/environment/residents-of-gordon-plaza-face-another-hurdle-in-securing-relocation-costs/article_7482673e-61f9-11ed-a0f2-f34f23db9de4.html
• Gordon Plaza residents to receive moving expenses to aid relocation, but hurdles remain | WWNO | Nov. 3, 2022 https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk/2022-11-03/gordon-plaza-residents-to-receive-moving-expenses-to-aid-relocation-but-hurdles-remain
• Outside appraisal company finds flaws in city’s first public Gordon Plaza offer | WRKF | Nov. 1, 2022 https://www.wrkf.org/2022-11-01/outside-appraisal-company-finds-flaws-in-citys-first-public-gordon-plaza-offer
• Gordon Plaza appraiser must respond to criticism of work, council decides | NOLA.com | Oct. 31, 2022 https://www.nola.com/news/environment/gordon-plaza-appraiser-must-respond-to-criticism-of-work-council-decides/article_b129d556-5938-11ed-9fe4-636cae8158b8.html
• Despite stumbles, City Hall inches forward on Gordon Plaza offers | NOLA.com | Oct. 31, 2022 https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/despite-stumbles-city-hall-inches-forward-on-gordon-plaza-offers/article_776bbd9a-5963-11ed-9bbd-4ba511f0bde9.html
• First Gordon Plaza home is appraised, but residents criticize process | nola.com | Oct. 28, 2022 https://www.nola.com/news/environment/first-gordon-plaza-home-is-appraised-but-residents-criticize-process/article_ff5fcb6c-54a2-11ed-a755-7b211ac87496.html
• City’s first Gordon Plaza buyout offer roughly half the price residents initially proposed for relocation | The Lens | Oct. 24, 2022 https://thelensnola.org/2022/10/24/citys-first-gordon-plaza-buyout-offer-roughly-half-the-price-residents-initially-proposed-for-relocation/
• City throws Gordon Plaza residents another curveball in fight to move off toxic soil | NOLA.com | Oct. 21, 2022 https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/city-throws-gordon-plaza-residents-another-curveball-in-fight-to-move-off-toxic-soil/article_c041ca70-518c-11ed-9f2d-33d3c8a9a67b.html
• First public offer on Gordon Plaza home isn’t enough for relocation, residents say | WWNO | Oct. 21, 2022 https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk/2022-10-21/first-public-offer-on-gordon-plaza-home-isnt-enough-for-relocation-residents-say
• First offer on a Gordon Plaza home could come next week, promises New Orleans appraiser | WWNO | Oct. 12, 2022 https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk/2022-10-12/first-offer-on-a-gordon-plaza-home-could-come-next-week-promises-new-orleans-appraiser
• Cantrell administration making Gordon Plaza residents wait for appraisals before receiving buyouts | NOLA.com | Oct. 12, 2022 https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/cantrell-administration-making-gordon-plaza-residents-wait-for-appraisals-before-receiving-buyouts/article_c04c14e0-4a6f-11ed-aeae-033eda896c63.html
• Jesse Perkins: Gorgon Plaza, Then and Now | Antigravity Magazine https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/jesse-perkins-gordon-plaza-then-and-now/
• After decades-long fight, Gordon Plaza residents win $35 million relocation plan | NOLA.com https://www.nola.com/news/article_bbb04d00-f328-11ec-93f7-e7f54c0f41bb.amp.html
• New Orleans Council: Steps taken to get Gordon Plaza residents closer to relocation | WDSU.com https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-council-gordon-plaza-relocation/38694443#
• Gordon Plaza gets $35 million in New Orleans budget, but is it just kabuki theater? | NOLA.com https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_a067f69a-6f2c-11ec-ac60-a7fc58ee8b03.html
• City Council passes 2022 budget, debates Gordon Plaza relocation | The Lens https://thelensnola.org/2021/12/01/city-council-passes-2022-budget-debate-gordon-plaza-relocation
• New Orleans sets aside $2M for Gordon Plaza; money won’t help relocate residents https://www.wwno.org/news/2021-12-02/new-orleans-sets-aside-2m-for-gordon-plaza-money-wont-help-relocate-residents
• WSDU News, EPA Administrator tours Gordon Plaza, speaks to residents about relocation efforts
• WSDU News, Gordon Plaza Relocation Update, Mr. Jesse states why the demand is more URGENT than ever: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKdEzkPvrGW
• NOLA.COM, Their houses were built on a landfill; finally New Orleans asks their interest in buyouts
• ESSENCE MAGAZINE, She, The People: Meet the Woman Defending Black Life On Toxic Land In New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward
• The Guardian, ‘We’re just waiting to die’: the black residents living on top of a toxic landfill site
• DESMOG, A Forgotten Community in New Orleans: Life on a Superfund Site
• NOLA.com, Gordon Plaza residents continue to press New Orleans mayor for city-funded relocation
• WGNO, Gordon Plaza residents demand fully-funded relocation
• WDSU News, Gordon Plaza neighbors renew demands to Mayor, city
• Mayor Cantrell’s Twitter, Video response to Essence Festival
• New Orleans Historical, Gordon Plaza: Residents Fight for Fair and Just Relocation
• Climate of Inequality, Project: History of Gordon Plaza
• Big Easy Magazine, Gordon Plaza Residents Meet with Mayor Cantrell to Discuss Fully-Funded Relocation for their Community
• CURBED, Gordon Plaza residents demand relocation from toxic neighborhood
• ViaNolaVie, A toxic trek through NOLA hazardous waste sites: Gordon Plaza
• The Louisiana Weekly, Gordon Plaza residents continue to fight for relocation
• Very Local New Orleans, LIVING ON A LANDFILL: GORDON PLAZA RALLY HOPES TO BRING ATTENTION TO TOXIC COMMUNITY
• Big Easy Magazine, Muck Everlasting: The Trials and Pain of Gordon Plaza
• WWNO – NPR, Gordon Plaza Residents Continue To Ask City For Help
• WWNO – NPR, Coastal News Roundup: So Many Lawsuits
• WWNO – NPR, Desire, Louisiana
• 4WWL, Neighbors who live on former N.O. dump site want help with relocating
• 4WWL, Gordon Plaza residents want help to move
• Greenpeace, Rise for Cancer Alley — It’s More Than a Rally, It’s a Movement
• The Tulane Hullabaloo, OPINION | Biden may not be savior Cancer Alley needs
• Black Source Media, RESIDENTS WANT OFF OF DUMP SITE
• The Lens, Cantrell releases her 2020 budget proposal, while disagreements over property tax rate continues
• Bloomberg Law, New Orleans Sued Over ‘Inhumane’ Living Conditions Atop Landfill
• PPH 94 – The American Dream Denied: Gordon Plaza
• Indivisible New Orleans, Resistance Radio – Gordon Plaza
• Indivisible New Orleans, Resistance Radio – Gordon Plaza Part II: But Here We Are Still Fighting
• UNO, History of Gordon Plaza
• The Root, This New Orleans Resident Lived in Life-Threatening Conditions Before Hurricane Katrina