The NY State Department of Labor released November unemployment information, and the numbers were a little better over October's: The state rate is now 8.6%, down from 9% in October, while the NYC rate is 10%, down from 10.2% in October. (In 2008, the November state unemployment rate was 6.3% while the NYC rate was 6.7%.) The one sector with job growth was education and health services.
Published Dec 17, 2009
Modified Dec 17, 2009
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