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.
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.
Next city manager transition is set for Sept. 6: Huang arriving in office after summer of prep
Cambridge’s city manager-elect, Yi-an Huang, said he plans to take office Sept. 6 and is in frequent contact with City Hall and holding meetings to be able to hit the ground running.
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.
Attend meetings on acting city manager term, remaking CHA-owned housing at 116 Norfolk
Public meetings this week look at pinning down a contract for the acting city manager, Owen O’Riordan, and the reconfiguration of a Cambridge Housing Authority building in The Port into 62 studio apartments from 37 single-room-occupancy units.
DePasquale, at final council meeting as manager, hears praise for his accessibility and fiscal savvy
Cambridge began saying farewell to City Manager Louis A. DePasquale on Monday at his final meeting presenting to the City Council. His term began in 2016 and ends July 5.
Attend meetings on farewells to city officials, upgrades at 105 Windsor and Alewife zoning
Public meetings this week say goodbye to a city manager, chief operating officer, attorney and auditor with a combined 152 years of service; granting $4.5 million to improve an 1868 city building in The Port; MBTA bus network redesign; Alewife zoning and park planning processes; and more.
Huang is voted to become next city manager, 8-1; Fisher, lawyer from The Port, had great support
Yi-An Huang, a Cambridge resident who is executive director at the nonprofit Boston Medical Center, has been voted by the City Council to be the next city manager.
Attend meetings on the next city manager, Harvard human remains, leaf blowers, more
Public meetings this week look at appointing a city manager, human remains found in Harvard University and the return of discussion on undoing the expanded hours of Riverbend Park; leaf blowers; staffing bilingual programs in schools; more bubble tea bubbling up around town; and more.
Are city manager candidates ready for the role? Councillors ask how each would make the leap
While city manager is merely a significant promotion for Iram Farooq, assistant city manager for Cambridge’s Community Development Department, candidates also include Yi-An Huang, a health care executive; Cheryl Watson Fisher, a city solicitor; and Norman Khumalo, manager of a town of 16,700, which is 14 percent of Cambridge’s population of 118,403.
