NYS Unemployment

The financial services in New York State lost 30,000 jobs more than the yr. greater than one-half of the losses on this sector occurred within the securities and commodity contracts market, the NYS Labor Department reported. The number of personal sector jobs while in the State enhanced by 30,500, or 0.4 %, to 6,991,100 in January, as well. Excluding the new York  metropolitan place, New York State’s unemployment rate is as very low as 7.7 %.
New York State adjusted unemployment rate by 8.2% in December 2010, opposed to 8.3% in November. Statistically speaking, the quantity of unemployed New York State residents has dropped from 797 600 in November to 792.8 thousand in December 2010.
Btw, there are information for claimants from NYS Department of Labor below (source) :

• Tax Form 1099G
  All 1099G forms have been mailed for 2010. By February 16, 2011, you will be able to view and print your 1099G on this website. If you have not yet received this form and need it before that date, you can complete and mail the Request for 1099-G form.

• New York State Benefit Extensions (Last Updated February 2, 2011)
  Under current unemployment benefit extensions, New York State provides an additional 67 weeks of unemployment benefits for a total of 93 weeks of unemployment benefits. Please continue to claim weekly benefits in the usual manner, unless you receive instructions to file a new claim.
• New York State’s 3-month average Total Unemployment Rate is 8.2 % (Last updated February 2, 2011)
  New York State’s 3-month average unemployment rate is 8.2%. This falls below the 8.5% average required by the Federal government for people to claim the six weeks of benefits under EUC Tier 4. If you have claimed all EUC Tier 3 benefits by the week that ends August 15, 2010, you can receive the 6 weeks of EUC Tier 4. Then, if you are still unemployed, you can move into Extended Benefits. If you have not claimed all EUC Tier 3 benefits by the week that ends August 15, 2010, you cannot receive Tier 4 benefits. That means you will move from EUC Tier 3 directly into Extended Benefits.

Source: http://all4freehere.com/2011/02/new-york-state-unemployment-update/