ALBANY, NY (AP) -- New York lost nearly 14,000 private sector jobs in October, while the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New York City and across the state dipped slightly to 5.7 percent.
That's down from 5.8 percent in September, but up from 4.6 percent in October 2007. Outside New York City, St. Lawrence County had the highest unemployment rate last month at 6.9 percent.
Meanwhile, the financial industry continues to shed jobs in Manhattan and one of the North Country's biggest private employers, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, announced plans this week to lay off 118 of the 725 remaining workers at its Rouses Point plant.
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