Expenses for nannies and after-school activities count too.

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By contrast, Ennahda is able to finance thousands of neighborhood offices, where party workers run after-school activities for local children, donate items to needy families, or help neighbors sort out administrative headaches.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott have warned that schools would have to freeze hiring and cut after-school activities and other programs to make up for the midyear funding cut.

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