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Article: Study says New Yorkers worse off in the job market
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- September 23, 1998
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New York Amsterdam News
09-23-1998
Study says New Yorkers worse off in the job market
A smaller percentage of New Yorkers in nearly every age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational and citizenship category are working compared to counterparts in other cities, reveals a new study by the Community Service Society (CSS) of New York.
"The report illustrates that the city has a unique set of problems," said CSS Pres. David R. Jones, "and its ills are not simple a mirror of national trends. Since the figures reflect a period of prosperity through 1997, they predate the current stock market fluctuations. I can only anticipate with alarm what will happen when the economy really turns sour."
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