Bronx court system delays January 2013, judges from neighboring court districts were enlisted to help work through the case backlog, in a strategy termed "blockbuster". New York State chief judge Jonathan Lippman was quoted as saying the extra personnel working Bronx cases would eliminate the backlog within six months. Although the number of cases settled or brought to trial did increase during this time, "The New York Times" reported that as of July 2013, the number of outstanding cases remained "the largest in New York City — more than Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island combined." In one case that received media attention, Michael
New York City Department of Education itself made no specific reference to a "Department of Education of the City of New York", the bylaws subsequently adopted by the Board provided that the 13-member body "shall be known as the Panel for Educational Policy", which together with the Chancellor and other school employees was designated as the "Department of Education of the City of New York". The education headquarters were moved from 110 Livingston Street in downtown Brooklyn to the Tweed Courthouse building adjacent to New York City Hall in Manhattan. In 2003, the districts were grouped into ten "regions", each encompassing several elementary and middle school