NEW ORLEANS — A multimillion-dollar deficit, lack of communication about spending, and an unexpectedly expensive year have landed the City of New Orleans in financial trouble. As panic has grown at City Hall, so has finger-pointing over who is to blame.

On They accused state leaders of using the situation to force the city into the oversight of a fiscal administrator, a state appointee who would have broad power over the city’s operations.

Council members accuse the Cantrell administration of putting out mixed messages about the city’s financial health over the past two years. They have been especially critical of the former Chief Administrative Officer, Gilbert Montano.

“We may not want to call anyone out or throw anyone under the bus,” said District E Councilmember Oliver Thomas Wedne

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