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The financiers, but the money that is lauded for the operations at home that is roughing the feathers. molly henneberg has more. >> reporter: the new york lawmakers say the obama administration has "shortchanged" the state and new york city for cutting funds for the anti-terror efforts there. not so says homeland security secretary janet napolitano who says federal funding plus what was set aside in the stimulus legislation for port and transit security grants is up from what was given to new yo...

Dropped from 25% to 18% over the past five years. senator schumer says new york is quote, the prime target for terrorism in the u.s. and that quote, federal anti-terror funding needs to reflect that reality. also, new york republican congressman pete king says the obama administration has quote, short changed new york by cutting money for terror protection by 53 million dollars. jamie. two things were raised. one, that theres money sitting on the table in new york city that was supposed to be fo...