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Presents graphs about New York's regional employment figures as of November 2004. Unemployment rates; New unemployment claims; Employment rates per industry.

Reports that New York City's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since September 2001 in the month of August 2004. Decline in the state unemployment rate; Industrial sectors that drove the job growth.

Presents employment figures for June 2004 in New York City. Decline in unemployment rates; Decline in new unemployment claims; Comparison of employment figures between different industries; Help wanted index.

The article reports on the predicament of New York dairy farmer Jeff True who fears that his employees could not report after he received letters ordering him to dismiss 12 of his 14 workers as they are immigrants who submitted false work documents. It states dairy farmers cannot hire immigrants through the existing agricultural workers program as it is only meant for seasonal workers. It adds that True is lobbying for the government to expand the program to ensure a reliable labor supply.

Reports on manufacturers' needs for more and better-trained factory workers. How some companies have developed on-site training programs; Description of the efforts of Michael Mallia, Chief executive of Afco Systems of Farmingdale, New York to set up training programs; How baby boomer retirements will affect the workforce; Some programs which concentrate on classroom training and others which focus on on-the-job training.

Reports that New York City's standing as the pre-eminent world financial center may erode and it could lose tens of thousands of jobs, unless business and government take action, according to a report by a business task force called the New York City Partnership. Threats to financial industry; Recommendations of task force.

Microsoft is opening a research lab in New York City, and the back story is a further sign of the brisk market for computing brains these days. Last month, Yahoo announced it was shedding 2,000 employees, about 14 percent of its work force, with cuts across the board, including its research staff. The new Microsoft lab, announced Wednesday night, is essentially a transplanted team from Yahoo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Putting an end to discrimination in hiring on the docks around New York Harbor is proving to be nearly as hard as rooting out corruption. The longshoremen's union defied government officials again on Tuesday, insisting that the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor had no authority to demand that all hiring be done without discrimination and refusing to even send a representative to state its case at a commission hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of discrimination cases filed by city employees in New York has risen even as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has adopted a far less adversarial tone than his predecessor did in dealing with the city's vast work force. During Mr. Bloomberg's first two terms in office, the number of lawsuits by employees accusing the city of discrimination was 12 percent higher than the number during Rudolph W. Giuliani's two terms as mayor, according to government data furnished under Freedom of Information Law requests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As persistently high unemployment has drained the funds that are used to pay jobless benefits, more than two-thirds of the states expect to raise taxes on businesses this year to replenish them, according to a survey of labor agencies released Wednesday. Unemployment taxes remain low by historical standards: the survey, by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, found that states have effectively cut the unemployment tax rate on businesses by 64 percent since the unemployment program began collecting taxes from employers in 1938. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In another sign of Bloomberg L.P.'s growth, the company announced on Wednesday that it had signed a lease for 16 floors in the former Philip Morris building, across from Grand Central Terminal. Bloomberg, a financial information and technology company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, said that it needed the additional space to accommodate its swelling work force. The number of employees in New York City alone has grown by nearly 40 percent, to 6,500, since December 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The growing immigrant population on Long Island has made a disproportionately large contribution to the region's economy, with immigrants employed across the spectrum of occupations and more than half of the immigrant labor force holding white-collar jobs, according to a study released on Wednesday. But contrary to a widespread perception on Long Island, the study said, the expansion of the immigrant work force -- both legal and illegal -- has crowded out few American-born workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ALBANY -- As Gov. David A. Paterson calls lawmakers back to work on the budget this week, he has announced that the fiscal situation is so serious that he must begin laying off state workers. But there is one wrinkle, as officials try to pare government spending: No one knows for sure how big the state work force actually is. That is because the state has not one but two public payrolls. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ALBANY -- The Legislature approved an emergency budget bill on Monday that would authorize Gov. David A. Paterson to furlough about 100,000 state employees, roughly half the state's work force, without pay for one day. Public employee unions contended that the furloughs, which officials said would be the first for state workers in New York, would be illegal, and they said they would seek a temporary restraining order in Federal District Court here to block Mr. Paterson's plan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gov. David Paterson of New York presented a lean budget on Tuesday that is a necessarily austere response to the state's financial crisis. It is certain to make almost everybody unhappy. The overall budget would grow by 0.6 percent, a miniscule increase by Albany's standards, to about $134 billion. Though the governor has promised (unwisely) that there will be no significant cuts to the state's work force, he would trim budgets for schools, health care, the environment and most other sectors of government. He asks for about $1 billion in new taxes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Wall Street investors sold off on Thursday as light trading amplified concerns about foreign debt and a weaker-than-expected report on the labor market. As traders turned away from the risks of the stock market, the dollar strengthened, hitting a three-month high against the euro. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City presented the kind of election-year budget on Friday that every politician dreads. Facing a bottom line that keeps shrinking, he asked for new taxes, more cuts in services and few new projects. He salted his nearly $60 billion budget proposal with references to the lesser of unpleasant choices and how ''everybody sacrifices a little.'' His only encouraging news was a promise to maintain core services and thus, somehow, ''keep New York New York.'' One of the mayor's toughest hurdles will be convincing state legislators to agree to the proposals that require their consent. The mayor and the City Council on their own can trim the budget and the work force. Mr. Bloomberg wants to lay off 3,700 employees and seeks $324 million in new cuts from library services, traffic enforcement, child care, parks and other municipal services. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on the demerits of outsourcing labor force by several New York City based business firms. Several business firms including Felix Storch Inc., Gringer & Sons, and Tiffany & Co. receive grants by the New York City Department of Small Business Services for training local workforce. It is stated that offering training to local workforce is benefical over outsourcing workers as it is less expensive and the time consumed in the manufacturing processes is also very less.

Reports on the slight increase in the unemployment rate of New York to 5.3 percent in December 2004, from 4.9 percent in November of the same year.

Reports on the increase of New York City residents applying for real estate licenses in 2004. Rise in the number of people holding broker or sales agents licenses in New York City; Discussion of an expected income for real estate agents; Decline of commissions because of greater competition; Increase of enrollment at the New York Real Estate Institute.

Reports on the economic survey which revealed the poverty rate and median income in New York City. Increase in housing costs; State that has the highest median income in the nation; Decline in the percentage of people in the workforce in New York City; Description of the economic survey.

Reports on the reaction of mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the decision of Citigroup to move jobs out of lower Manhattan in New York City. Plan of Citigroup to build an office in Long Island City; Inclusion of the decision of Citigroup in the mayoral news release; Pledge of Citigroup to replace the existing jobs according to the statement of Bloomberg.

Offers a look at the New York job market as of March 7, 2004. Discussion of the difficulties faced by professionals who became unemployed in the late 1990s and early 2000s; Lack of a career support structure for job seekers; Rates of unemployment in the Web site development sector; Statement that some unemployed New York residents have been forced to search for employment outside their professions; Demoralization of workers who had felt entitled to high salaries and fast career growth.

Reports on the unemployment rate of black men in New York City. Reference to a study by the Community Service Society examining trends in joblessness in the city; Focus on the employment-population ratio; Factors that may have made the problem of joblessness for disadvantaged men worse including welfare reform, high rates of incarceration producing gaps in job history and competition with immigrants for low-skill jobs; Decline of labor force participation among disadvantaged me; Comments made by Mindy Tarlow of the Center for Employment Opportunities; Claim that service jobs are uninterested in hiring black men for jobs that require customer or client contact.

Discusses unemployment in New York City. Ways of computing the demographics of unemployment; Limitations of unemployment surveys, such as the absence of pertinent data and the timeliness of reports based on these surveys; Possibility that the average unemployed person in New York is male.

Focuses on unemployment in New York City as of June, 2002. Efforts to extend unemployment benefits; Increase in the number of people searching for jobs from June, 2001; Inability of many to find new jobs.

Reports the increase in the unemployment rate in New York City in March 2002, according to the New York State Department of Labor.

Reports on the increased unemployment rate in New York City in November 2001.

Discusses the preparation of United States National Guard troops for possible deployment, in response to the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Comments of Lt. Col. Mario T. Catagliola, who conveyed nervousness about the prospect of war; Role of soldiers in recovery efforts after the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York City; How the devastation which they witnessed might motivate them to fight.

Reports on the condition of the job market in New York City.

Presents business news briefs in the United States as of March 23, 2001, including employment statistics in New York City in February 2001.

Focuses on a report which showed a transient work force in Manhattan, New York City.

Presents news briefs in the United States as of December 7, 2000. Details on the occurrence of a fire in Bronx, New York City; Economic impact of the income generated by Bradley International Airport in Connecticut; Information on the shortage of workers in Trenton, New Jersey.

Editorial. Highlights the problems posed by the shortage of teachers in New York State as of 2000. Impact of the shortage on the efforts to raise public school standards and graduation requirements; Actions taken to attract qualified teachers; Depth of the shortage; Factors that led to the shortage.

Presents update from New York State as of August 1, 2000. Labor Department's investigation of the state's job growth in 1999; Purpose of the New York State Dormitory Authority's plans to sell tax exempt bonds.

Reports on the results of a job fair held at Bronx County Building in New York City, New York. Estimated number of potential job candidates; Unemployment rate in Bronx; Jobs offered at the fair.

Reports on the decline of unemployment rate in New York City, New York in April 1999. Comment from analyst Jim Brown; Increase in the number of jobs; Argument raised by the Comptroller's office.

Discusses the reduction of the labor force of Eastman Kodak company in Rochester, New York which is referred to as the `Great Yellow Father.' Comments from Bill States, a supervisor at Eastman Kodak; How Rochester has handled the decline in the manufacturing economy; Response to the planned lay offs; Relationship between Kodak and Rochester. INSET: A Kodak city..

Reports the union leaders in New York City have taken the news of a record budget surplus by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, with a cry for work-force increase, instead of increase wages. Reference to the 1994 reduction in the city's work force; Views of some leaders; Comments by Giuliani on May 8, 1997 on how the surplus will be used.