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Friday Crime Blotter: Murder Suspect Arrested Months Later, Gunpoint Robbery in Williamsburg & More

CROWN HEIGHTS – Months after John Barnes was gunned down in Crown Heights [/crown-heights-man-killed-in-saturday-shooting/] last December, police have arrested and charged a suspect in his murder, the NYPD announced. Rennie Patterson, 17, of Dyker Heights was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said yesterday. CONEY ISLAND – Police are looking for

Why so many Southern Brooklyn parents worry about Mayor’s plan to reform Specialized High School admissions

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Why so many Southern Brooklyn parents worry about Mayor’s plan to reform Specialized High School admissions

Parents gathered on Tuesday in Bensonhurst to talk about SHSAT with Eric Adams, who supports the plan, at a meeting that was closed to the press.Southern Brooklyn – Mayor de Blasio plans to radically change the racial composition at Specialized High Schools [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/281-18/mayor-de-blasio-chancellor-carranza-plan-improve-diversity-specialized-high/