Unemployment in New York State continues to drop

Unemployment beame lower in New York in November. For the second straight month joblessness in New York State was lower than in the nation as a whole.

The unemployment rate of 4.9 percent was down from 5.2 percent in October and significantly better than the 6.3 percent recorded in November 2003. Last month's jobless rate was the lowest since unemployment was recorded at 4.8 percent in July 2001.