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June 1, 2020

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,...

May 25, 2020

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...

May 22, 2020

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...

May 20, 2020

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...

May 15, 2020

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...

May 7, 2020

7 May 2020 Earlier today, the US Department of Labor (DOL) reported another 3169 million initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims across the United States for the week ending...

May 1, 2020

1 May 2020 As analysts await the April 2020 Employment Situation data release from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – scheduled to drop on 8...

April 24, 2020

24 April 2020 Since a record-shattering 68 million unemployment insurance (UI) claims were made during the week ending 28 March 2020, the United States has experienced three...

April 16, 2020

16 April 2020 Eyes have been glued to the US Department of Labor's (DOL's) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data website for at least the past four weeks, as the nation...

April 10, 2020

10 April 2020 According to new data developed by the NYU Furman Center, nearly one in every three civilian workers in New York State—about 3 million New Yorkers—work in...