White House: Budget cuts to pinch NY kids, teachers, air travelers
Photo credit: AP | House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama have been negotiating to avoid the so-called "sequester" spending cuts, which are scheduled to take effect nationwide Friday. (Feb. 24, 2013)
Travel delays 'to get worse' from sequester
Obama warns sequester will cause job losses
Boehner: Sequester like a 'meat ax'Some $85 billion in meat-cleaver federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect nationwide Friday would sting New York State, threatening 590 teacher and aide positions, forcing the furlough of 12,000 civilian Defense Department workers and triggering security guard cuts that would delay travelers at area airports, according a report released Sunday by the White House.
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