NYers Growing More Pessimistic Over Economy, Study Finds

NEW YORK CITY — New York City dwellers are a little less sunny about the economy as fall gets into swing, a new poll found.

Economic pessimism across New York state rose in the past three months, according to the Siena College poll released Monday.

Consumer sentiment, a measure of optimism about the economy, stood at 66.7 across the state, a drop of 3 points, the poll found.

"Today pluralities of New Yorkers say they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, that they expect bad rather than good business conditions over the next year and that this isn’t a good time to make a major purchase," said Don Levy, the director of the Siena College Research Institute, in a statement.

New York City's consumer sentiment measurement of 72 was a bit higher than the state's level, according to the poll.

But data shows it fell farther than the state average.

In June, New York City's consumer sentiment stood at 76.6, the data shows.

Read the full poll here.