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Budget cuts prompts mass retirement of senior court staff in Kings county

Around 160 Brooklyn Supreme Court employees will be retiring, along with hundreds of other state employees, reported The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. They are taking advantage of the budget-cutting buyout package initiative that is being offered by New York lawmakers for the first time in almost a decade. Statewide, about 11 percent of the court’s workforce...

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Three Brooklyn High Schools get top score as NYC progress is released

Out of the five high schools which scored above 100, an unofficial A+, three are in Brooklyn, according to The  Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn International high school, Williamsburg preparatory school and Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design. Brooklyn school for global studies performed the most poorly, with an F for poor attendance and low student...

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Low voter turnout in Central Brooklyn

Around 98,000 people voted on Tuesday  in District 11, according to the current and still unverified tally, reports Patch.com. In comparison, more than 230,000 district residents voted in 2008. Such lack of interest is not new. Less than 100,000 votes were cast in the district in 2006. In 1998, that figure fell below 85,000.