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Hudson Valley Lags NY In Private Sector Job Creation
The Labor Department's latest data show a jagged recovery from the depths of the pandemic as officials report lowest COVID cases since July.
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths have plummeted in New York, but the economic recovery has been jagged. Only one of the three metro areas that make up the Hudson Valley outpaced the state as a whole in the creation of private-sector jobs over the past year, the New York Labor Department reported Thursday.
The 8.1 percent increase in Kingston was almost 3 percentage points higher than the national average of 5.2 percent and better than the state's overall rate of 6.4 percent.
The Dutchess-Putnam and Orange-Rockland-Westchester metro areas did not fare as well, with increases of 3.7 percent and 3.2 percent respectively.
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The Labor Department's latest data show a jagged recovery from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York's daily coronavirus positivity rate has been under 2 percent for the past two weeks — the lowest since July 20. There were 13 COVID-19 deaths statewide Wednesday.
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Hospitalizations continued to drop in the Hudson Valley as elsewhere.
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