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City Loses After-School Program Funds: Lohud.com

White Plains has lost funding for its after-school program due to federal sequestration, The Journal News reports. 

The program, which served 363 students last year, is run by the city's Youth Bureau.

There were a record number of applications, the New York Department of Education told TJN/lohud.com reporter Leah Rae, and the state received less money than it planned.

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About $4.3 million was lost to White Plains, Port Chester, the Tarrytowns and New Rochelle. A program in Peekskill was among those that did receive money.

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