Unemployment Inching Up in Almost Every County Outside New York City

 

By Dan Clark

New York Republican State Committee Chairman Edward F. Cox claimed the unemployment rate is rising in upstate counties, something Republicans intend to remind voters about in the 2018 race for governor.

"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City," Cox said in a radio interview.

The claim is in direct contrast to a rosier picture of the economy painted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The governor touted a decline in unemployment statewide during his State of the State address this month.

"Every region has seen a drop in unemployment and underemployment," Cuomo said.

Is Cox right that unemployment is up everywhere outside New York City?

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Source: Politifact New York (via Empire Report New York)