NEW YORK, CMC – Secretary of the United States’ Homeland Security Department, Janet Napolitano, has warned passengers at John F. Kennedy International Airport to schedule extra hours for travel as the department faces a 5 percent cut in the US federal budget battle.
Napolitano told reporters that while passengers at New York’s airports are yet feel the impact of spending cuts that went into effect on Friday, security lines at airports in other cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, were already  twice as long .
Napolitano said her department’s partnership with the New York Police Department would be more crucial than ever.