Mayor elect Mitch Landrieu says he plans to remain in office as Lieutenant Governor until he takes office in May.
He held a press conference at the Roosevelt Hotel just hours after his victory party there.
He told a roomful of supporters about his transition plan, but said right now he's focused on the city of New Orleans making sports history.
Mayor elect Mitch Landrieu's top priority "even" before taking the oath of office, showing support for the boys in black and gold.
Mitch Landrieu says "I really would like today to be focused on what's really important which is the Saints, the Super Bowl and what's going to happen today for the people of New Orleans. This is much more than a football game for all of us. It's a symbol of New Orleans being able to pick herself up and do fantastic things.
Then it was time to get on with business and discuss the challenges the city is facing nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina.
Landrieu says "To jobs, to schools, to infrastructure, to healthcare, to the reorganization of city government, to financing to making sure long term the budget is stabilized."
Landrieu says his team will work on a plan to improve the juvenile justice system and work to fund the District Attorney's Office.
Crime is his top priority.
Landrieu says "The first thing is to find a great Police Chief who is going to reorganize the department or give he or she the resources they need to do the job to allow them to use the new technology and work on community policing to make the streets safe."
Over the next 90-days he plans to travel to Washington D.C., meet with his sister Senator Mary Landrieu and the Congressional Delegation to help him secure meetings with the White House and Cabinet Secretaries.
Landrieu says "You're heard during the campaign extensively on work that Mary has really been pushing very hard for us which is the lump sum funding for the schools which is on the radar. And hopefully Mary and her team are going to have an announcement for us in short order."
Landrieu added there's plenty of time to discuss his transition, but first things first.
Landrieu says "Today is for the Saints tomorrow is for the Saints Tuesday is for the Saints."
Mayor Ray Nagin issued this statement:
"I look forward to working with Mister Landrieu to ensure a smooth transition for the new administration as we jointly continue our efforts to move our city's recovery to the next level."
