by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | December 11, 2020 02:00 PM Print this article
Initial claims for unemployment rose by more than 38 percent last week in New York, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
New York reported 63,391 first-time claims for the week that ended on Saturday; that was up from the 45,863 the week prior. Nationally, there were 947,504 initial claims last week, up nearly 32 percent from the week prior. Those figured are not adjusted seasonally.
While the number of initial claims rose substantially in New York and nationally, the overall number of New Yorkers on regular unemployment dropped by 5.4 percent for the week ending Nov. 28. That meant there were 411,297 claimants. Nationally, that number rose by 10.2 percent to nearly 5.8 million.