North Point building accounts for most evictions among residents, coming despite a moratorium
During the first three months of this year, a North Point luxury property submitted at least 22 eviction filings out of 24 residential eviction cases in Cambridge District Court, many involving allegations of Covid-19 violations. But there’s much more to the city’s eviction picture.
MIT clamps down at Sloan school over Covid rise; City considers sampling sewage for variants peril
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in Cambridge, more than one-quarter of new infections in the city last week were students and others connected with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With coronavirus variants making up more infections, the city is mulling a variant test for its sewage.
Dissent on Affordable housing payment formula by developer is supported by judge in Land Court
A judge has sided with a developer that claimed Cambridge wanted to charge almost three times what was owed under the city’s incentive payment ordinance. The city is appealing the decision, which might set a precedent that could affect payments from developers of commercial properties.
Some racial disparity in coronavirus vaccination, while case rate remains highest for city Hispanics
Local health agencies buck Baker administration over taking away doses for mass vaccination sites
Local health agencies in most of the state’s emergency planning regions, including the one covering Cambridge, are voicing a rare protest against a decision by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration to reduce the local role in Covid-19 vaccinations in favor of mass vaccination sites.