Most Cambridge City Council candidates support rent stabilization as a tool for protecting the city’s tenants, voters learned at a Tuesday political forum.
Sixteen candidates out of 24 participated in a Sunday forum, including two of six CIty Council incumbents, despite it being the first of the 2023 election season and a co-production of seven city groups, including two of its oldest.
Quinton Zondervan, a three-term Cambridge city councillor, called his time in office “the honor of my life” but said he has decided not to seek reelection.
Cathie Zusy, a force behind several neighborhood projects and a former museum curator, announced on Thursday a run for Cambridge City Council, adding to the numbers taking out nomination papers to get on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Two incumbents on Cambridge’s City Council declared Thursday that they are running for reelection: Marc McGovern, first elected in 2013 and now seeking his sixth term in office; and Burhan Azeem, running for a second term.