4 July 2020 Crises require people and organizations to break from normal routines -- to redirect energy and capacity toward response and recovery Almost immediately after...
18 June 2020 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims has been one of the most closely monitored and widely cited data...
1 June 2020 NOTE: The following excerpts come from a column published by The Indypendent To read the full article, click here According to the Economic Policy Institute,...
Crises bring communities together in solidarity They cause people and institutions to question long-held assumptions and to take risks associated with innovation They help to...
22 May 2020 Continuing with a concerning trend, initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims in New York State experienced a second consecutive week-over-week increase during...
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data release reports that New York State's seasonally-adjusted April 2020 unemployment rate is 145% - an historical high just two months...
19 May 2020 The current unemployment rate in New York State might be around 16% In the Buffalo-Niagara metro, unemployment may be closer to 19% This Friday, 22 May 2020, at...
19 May 2020 Since late March, we have been profiling New Yorkers who work in occupations most susceptible to COVID-related layoffs or workplace closures using NYU Furman Center...
15 May 2020 Another week, another roughly 3 million initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims made in the US – more than 200,000 of which came from New York State After...
For weeks, analysts and the media have been speculating on what the April 2020 Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) might say about the magnitude...