Council quietly set to hold retreat Thursday
A City Council-staff retreat is closed to the public, officials said, because it is being classified as a “training” and is therefore exempt from Open Meeting Law.
Latest in reshaping of City Hall: crisis manager, ‘chief people officer’ and community relations
New City Manager Yi-An Huang would like to add City Hall leadership positions by the end of the year, and got little pushback Monday on the plans even from hesitant city councillors. Instead, councillors reminded him of the body’s wishes for adding a potential fourth position.
Q&A with Yi-An Huang: Coordination is key to new senior level posts for City Manager’s Office
Job interviews are underway with new City Manager Yi-An Huang for two new, six-figure-salaried positions that he calls central to creating a more collaborative, cross-departmental approach to government.
Huang’s vision for City Manager’s Office forms with a chief of staff, O’Riordan as acting deputy
After stepping down Tuesday from filling in as city manager, Public Works head Owen O’Riordan was asked Friday to come back as acting deputy city manager.
Cambridge primary voters went their own way regarding some key races. Here’s a comparison.
Primaries held Tuesday showed Cambridge voters bucking some statewide trends, including around the reelection of secretary of state William Galvin over challenger Tanisha Sullivan; and the selection of a Trump-favored Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Huang takes office, albeit Zooming from home, with fresh eyes on organizing work of City Hall
City Manager Yi-an Huang took office Tuesday – from home, because of a mild case of Covid – with ideas about what issues to prioritize and how to organize his work.
Trump policies cut funds for Transition House; Help for survivors of violence relies on state bill
Trump-era funding decisions have contributing to a dramatic drop in aid available through the Cambridge domestic violence shelter Transition House, the nonprofit said in an email Monday. The shelter had to cut back its services July 1.
Cambridge mishandled personal information for city manager candidates
In the midst of the search for a new city manager, the city failed briefly to obscure candidates’ personal information, then didn’t quickly warn candidates after the problem was corrected.
Danielle Allen ends Democratic run for governor, noting difficulties for ‘nontraditional’ candidates
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen said Tuesday that she is winding down her campaign, leaving by “sounding an alarm” about a process that leaves fewer people such as herself on the ballot.
Speedy resumption of search for city manager frustrated despite worries ‘we are very behind’
A search for the next city manager described as being already behind schedule was slowed further last week despite the pleas of vice mayor Alanna Mallon, who is expected to coordinate the search and its public outreach process.
