New York initial unemployment claims rise by almost 7 percent The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending June 8, increased by 1,341, or 6.6 percent, to 21,676. The jump was led by layoffs in the finance and insurance, health care and social assistance, and transportation industries, according to a U.S. Labor Department news release issued yesterday.
June 21, 2013 - Central New York Business Journal