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Last week, opponents of rent control challenged about 1,450 of the 4,500 signatures on the petition to put rent control on the ballot—enough to invalidate the petition.
Once the petition was validated, the city council had two options: to send the petition to the state legislature directly or to take no action.
During last night’s public comment period, several Riverside residents urged the council to pass the zoning petition developed by local activists. They blasted the timing of Harvard’s proposals, which they said came too late in the process.
“Watch out for these 25th hour shenanigans from Harvard,” said Cob Carlson, the activist for whom the neighborhood petition is named. “They’ve won just about every battle in Cambridge. It’s time for us to win...
Rogers said that the students who organized the petition would wait for a response from McCarthy and Nye before taking further action.