New York jobless rate sky-high amid lingering COVID-19 shutdowns

The lingering coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on New York’s economy and workforce — more than four months after the killer bug arrived here, sobering new data from the state Labor Department reveals. New York State York’s unemployment rate in July was 15.9 percent — three-tenths of a percent higher than in June. The...

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