Fleet Week New York Canceled

Because of cuts

NEW YORK, May 20 (UPI) -- A New York City institution, Fleet Week, along with its white clad, free-spending sailors, is the latest victim of military spending cuts, Navy officials said.

The annual celebration that brought some of the Navy's largest warships to New York Harbor for a week for the public to inspect -- while allowing sailors to roam the city and enjoy perks like free subway rides, baseball tickets and, yes, some extra attention from some of the the Big Apple's female residents -- fell victim to the sequester.