On Monday: Cobble Hill Fall Meeting to Feature Panel Discussion: "Surviving the Economic Downturn in Cobble Hill" The Cobble Hill Association's Fall meeting, Monday, November 9, at 7:30 pm, will feature a panel discussion on coping strategies for this difficult economic environment. With New York City's unemployment rate at a reported 8.9% and with under-employment estimated at 17%, many...
Six months into her job at an NYC law firm, a woman who would only identify herself as "Karin" was terminated. She relocated to St. Louis, Mo., and began studying for the bar exam while staying busy with a food blog, STL Meal Deals . Money was tight; she was living on $405 a week from unemployment benefits from New York, so she thought she'd try generating a little side money by signing...
The State Department of Labor released July unemployment numbers yesterday and it was slightly better news for the state, not very good news for the city: "New York State's unemployment rate, after seasonal adjustment, decreased from 8.7 percent in June to 8.6 percent in July 2009," but "New York City's rate increased from 9.4 percent in June 2009 to 9.6 percent in July 2009."...
The new jobless numbers from the State Labor Department are not too good, not too good at all. New York City's unemployment rate increased to 9.5 percent in June (the highest level since July 1997), while the rate outside of NYC climbed to 8.2 percent, the highest since June 1983. Last month the number of unemployed state residents jumped to 854,200, the greatest number ever on record. Low-five? And...
A bill to raise New York's unemployment benefits, which allow a maximum payout of $430/week ($150 less than states like NJ and Connecticut), has died on the vine. Despite support from Governor Paterson, labor leaders and many lawmakers, the highly dysfunctional Senate seems incapable of passing the bill, which would have raised maximum weekly jobless benefits on July 1st to $625, and close the gap...
[ Ed. note : Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks . Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker .] Let's all move to Nebraska! In a week in which unemployment was up in 48 out of 50 states (plus DC), Nebraska's unemployment dropped by 0.1%, keeping it tied with North Dakota for the lowest in the nation at 4.4%...
Thanks to MIRS and the Bureau of Labor Statistics , we see once again that Republican complaints about taxes destroying our economy are wrong, wrong, wrong. Consider this: When all taxes are factored in, Michigan residents paid an average of $3,572 in state and local taxes. That's only a few hundred dollars higher than Alabama's average of $2,783 - and much lower than New York's rate of $6,385. (New...
Filed under: Inspiration Making the best out of unemployment in New York City, laid off computer programmer Nick Goddard organized an event called the " Unemployment Olympics ". Games like "pin the blame on the boss" and the "fax machine toss" allowed people to get out, burn off some steam and have a little fun in the East Village. No one likes being unemployed and surviving...
Erick Schonfeld submits: Google (GOOG) is getting fancy with public data in search results. If you search for “ unemployment rate New York ” or for any other state or county in the U.S., the first result will be the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics along with a chart. If you click on the link or image it will take you to an interactive chart where you can compare the...
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean expressed deep concern that New Jersey’s unemployment rate is significantly higher than New York’s unemployment rate: “Governor Corzine’s statements about New Jersey being better positioned than its neighbors to weather this recession are contradicted by the facts. New Jersey lost 17,200 private sector jobs in March as the unemployment rate...
The state Labor Department announced today that New York lost 33,000 private-sector jobs in March, a decline for the seventh straight month. The number of unemployed in the state increased to 765,900 in March, the highest level since September 1992. Since the number of private-sector jobs peaked in August, the state has lost 176,100 jobs, which wipes [...]
ALBANY—Gov.David A. Paterson has submitted legislation that will allow New York to access an estimated $645 million in additional federal aid for the New York State unemployment system and for unemployed workers. This legislation would take advantage of federal funding for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This legislation will [...]...
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Albany, NY - Governor Paterson has submitted new legislation that will allow New York to have additional federal aid for unemployment. Close to $645,000 will be used for Unemployment Insurance. Paterson says his “top priority” is getting New Yorkers back to work. He says the bill will help protect those who are still looking for work and [...]
(TrendHunter.com) The events at the “Unemployment Olympics" in New York City were definitely named in a way the onlookers and participants could relate to, as laid off workers from the area got together for some good natured…
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