For A City That Works For You, Stand With
Joe Giarrusso
Councilmember Joe Giarrusso
Always on your side.
Always there when you need him.
Whether the issue is fighting crime, modernizing the drainage system, strengthening our economy or fixing broken streets, Joe Giarrusso listens to the people in District A and New Orleans – and goes to work to find real solutions.
Crime
Joe supports effective and fair law enforcement. He’s working to increase police manpower to patrol neighborhoods and strengthen NOPD’s capacity to solve and investigate crimes. He’s also pushing for new initiatives targeting violent crime, car break-ins and juvenile offenses.
Sewerage & Water Board
When the Sewerage & Water Board was wasting millions of dollars every year on unreliable, high-priced energy, Joe worked out a solution to provide more reliable, cleaner and less expensive energy to run the pumping system. The new substation will cut emissions by 45%.
And now, with millions of federal funds coming to New Orleans in COVID relief aid, Joe is fighting to make sure it is not squandered and is spent wisely and immediately on our most critical needs.
Taxes
When city agencies wanted to raise property taxes by more than $60 million, Joe said no – and stopped them. He protected homeowners, renters and small businesses in District A from paying millions in more taxes.
Joe spearheaded the Council’s smart decision to increase only the most critical public millages and decrease others. Through his creative efforts, taxpayers saved $16 million every year.
Economic Development
When others only talked about strengthening our local economy, Joe brought civic groups and businesses together to grow jobs – and that’s created new investment on major commercial corridors across District A.
He’s worked with State, Orleans, and Jefferson Parish officials to redevelop West End into a major new attraction and a source of economic activity. Joe helped pave the way for 43 new affordable housing units in Hollygrove. And he’s welcomed a brewery to Hollygrove, Canseco’s to Carrollton, and Microsoft to Oak Street.
Neighborhoods
Day in, day out, Joe works with neighborhood groups and citizens to improve our city’s quality of life. He’s attended more than 440 neighborhood meetings and sent/received more than 187,000 emails – listening, answering questions and finding solutions to create a clean, safe, healthy environment for all the people of District A.
