Nov
19
Manhattan October Unemployment Rate Unchanged From September
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Manhattan’s October 2009 unemployment rate remained at 9.2% from September but has has increased 3.7% from October 2008.
New York City’s October unemployment rate as a whole ticked up .1% from last month’s 10.2% rate but up 4% from 6.3% reported in October of 2008.
Worst hit was the Bronx at 13.4% (+.2%), followed by Brooklyn 11.1% (+.1), Queens 9.2% (+.1%) while Staten Island remained the same at 8.9%.
The New York State Department of Labor reported the state’s rate of unemployment is the highest since April of 1983.
