Tania Fernandes Anderson

When voters in Roxbury and parts of the South End and Fenway go to the polls for the city’s Sept. 12 preliminary, there will be no shortage of choices in four City Council districts.

Michael Flaherty’s sudden announcement that he would not seek re-election to the City Council — little more than a week after signatures were due — has cast a spotlight on the race for the four at-large seats on the 13-member body.

Supporters recently denounced a slew of racist and sexist comments directed at Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, the only Black Muslim woman on the council.

Boston city councilors now have three proposed maps to consider in an ongoing redistricting process set to end in early November.

District 5 City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo and District 7 Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson released a redistricting map that they say keeps most of the city’s neighborhoods whole and increase opportunities for Black Latino and Asian candidates to win seats on the council.

As Boston moves to establish a commission charged with crafting a municipal reparations policy, District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards is raising questions about the potential cost of such a commission and how its membership would be determined.

Joining the mayor in her mission to create affordable housing opportunities in Boston, newly elected District 7 City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson called on her colleagues during last week’s council meeting to hold a hearing exploring the possibility for a rent-to-own pilot.

After preliminary voting narrowed down the field of candidates vying for the District 7 city council seat soon to be vacated by acting Mayor Kim Janey, two remain –– Tania Anderson and Roy Owens Sr.