Green Party of England and Wales elections in England and Wales, the Green Party in Brighton and Hove took minority control of the City Council by winning 23 seats, 5 short of an overall majority. At the 2012 local government elections the Green Party gained 5 seats, and retained both AMs at the 2012 London Assembly election. At the London Mayoral Election the party's candidate Jenny Jones finished third, and lost her deposit. In May 2012, Lucas announced that she would not seek re-election to the post of party leader. In September, Natalie Bennett was elected party leader and Will Duckworth deputy leader in the leadership
Bennett College (New York) scheduled to be demolished in 2012. It is still standing, but with far more damage, in June, 2016. Signs on a chain-link fence surrounding the ruined building say "Under New Ownership." The property was purchased in 2014, with plans to tear down the remains of Halcyon Hall, and develop a park.. As of 2016, the developers were not close to tearing it down. Bennett College (New York) Bennett College was a women's college founded in 1890 and located in the Village of Millbrook in New York. The school closed in 1978. Bennett College was founded in 1890 at Irvington, New