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Local schools, airports, others brace as sequestration deadline looms

When asked for their thoughts on sequestration --

When asked for their thoughts on sequestration -- the term for the automatic budget cuts set to take effect Friday unless Congress reaches a deal -- many people had little or no idea what we were talking about or how it might affect them. Videojournalist: Elizabeth Daza (Feb. 28, 2013) (February 28, 2013 7:17 PM)

Delayed flights. Closed government offices. Services brought to a standstill. Employees told to stay home and forget about collecting a paycheck.

That's what may be in store today in the Hudson Valley as sequestration takes effect and federal officials begin to cut more than $85 billion in federal expenditures.

The funding cuts are "incredibly painful for Westchester County, for Rockland...

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