Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Employment Is Up in New York State, but Gains Are Uneven
The number of employed New Yorkers rose to its highest level since the recession, but large swaths of the state continue to struggle with a shrinking labor force, according to a report released Monday by the state comptroller.
More than 9.1 million New Yorkers were working in 2016—the most since 2008, according to the report.
All regions saw the unemployment rate drop sharply from 2011 to 2016. But in half of the 10 regions studied in the report, the number of people working also declined during that period. . .