ALBANY – Putnam County has the distinction of having the lowest rate of unemployment in New York State.
The state Labor Department released New York’s January statistics and Putnam tied with upstate Saratoga County reporting 3.3 percent rates of unemployment.
The last time Putnam recorded the state’s lowest rate of joblessness was back in the 1980’s.
Overall, Hudson Valley counties scored well when it comes to unemployment.
Rockland County’s rate was 3.4 percent followed by Dutchess and Westchester, each recording a rate of 3.6 percent.
Ulster, Orange and Columbia counties experienced rates of unemployment at 4.1 percent while Sullivan County had a rate of joblessness at 4.3 percent.
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