Big Endorsement: Honored to be one of two challengers on this eight-candidate slate. In February, Cambridge City Council passed maybe the most significant local zoning changes in the country when it ended Exclusionary Zoning and allowed by-right construction of multi-family housing. That big step followed a decade of advocacy from A Better Cambridge, a nonprofit dedicated to housing affordability. Cambridge has the most expensive rent in Massachusetts. IYRYK--If You Rent, You Know. The...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Bike Champion Endorsement Thank you Cambridge Bicycle Safety for your endorsement! The Cycling Safety Ordinance was passed in 2019-2020 with the vision to create a comprehensive system of protected bicycling infrastructure. It was brave and bold. The effects of connecting these networks takes time, and we are definitely seeing the results. Walk into any bicycle store in Cambridge--they're slammed. Look at the open data portal--up and to the right. Bikes counted in annual survey But timelines...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Endorsed and On Strike! Thanks to SEIU Local 888 not only for their endorsement of my campaign, but for their leadership on the ongoing Public Defender labor action. If you haven't heard, Massachusetts' Public Defenders are (still) on strike. Massachusetts, like many states, relies heavily on private attorneys (i.e., lawyers with their own law firms) to handle the majority of public criminal defense cases (where the defendant cannot afford an attorney and is appointed one by the state). These...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Is This Thing On? First--this is coming to you from a new official address: ned@ned4cambridge.com! Hopefully this will get my emails past your spam filters, among other things. We're learning a lot running this grassroots campaign, including the need to use a paid email address. If you email me at my old address, you will still get me. Let's Party Come hang out on Thursday at Miracle of Science with myself, Councillor Burhan Azeem, and lots of pro-housing, pro-transit neighbors! More Doors...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Signs of the Times The campaign has not slowed down in the past two weeks. Our first yard signs have gone out! Please reply to this email if you'd like one and I'll bike it over. I'll probably be in your neighborhood knocking doors sometime soon anyway. The first yard sign in the wild! I've knocked a lot of doors, but many of the best conversations have been with people passing by in the street. If you want to get to know Cambridge and the people in it, run for City Council. Significant...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello and welcome to my campaign newsletter! I hope to make this the first of many updates on my campaign for Cambridge City Council. This is my first time running for office–but make no mistake, I’m running to win this thing and join the Council in 2026. If you’re new to my campaign, I’m running on three main principles: Make Cambridge more affordable to live in by building more housing of all types–market, social, affordable–and especially in corridors, squares and near transit. Make our...
3 months ago • 2 min read