When LaToya Cantrell became the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office last week, there was no political precedent to turn to in order to understand how the following months will play out.

Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has continued to take a cut of the Orleans Parish School Board’s tax revenues, despite a City Council ordinance blocking it.