New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill win $75.3m judgement

The Black, low- and middle-income residents who make up Gordon Plaza and Press Park have fought for decades to be relocated

A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3m court judgement against the city, its housing authority and the local school board.

State district Judge Nicole Sheppard's ruling said 5,000 residents are entitled to that total amount for emotional distress and property damage involving the former Agriculture Street landfill, according to the Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate.