Marc Levy Cambridge’s Human Rights Commission was still moving into 689 Massachusetts Ave. in August 2025.

Seven employees were laid off from the City of Cambridge’s Equity and Inclusion Department last week in a restructuring. The layoffs were not on account of funding or federal concerns, the city said, but instead attributed to a consolidating of workforce to be more efficient.

The restructuring, which took effect Thursday, was done to create a “more coordinated and sustainable approach” to the work done by the department, according to an internal memo from city manager Yi-An Huang. This includes the integration of several boards and commissions, the centralization of administrative support, the consolidation of roles and responsibilities and the establishment of an executive directo

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