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Good news on job front as LI unemployment rate drops

Originally published: April 15, 2010 1:03 PM
Updated: April 15, 2010 10:53 PM
By CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN  carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.com

Quick ReadLong Island's private sector seems on the mend in the latest job numbers from New York State.

Job seekers line up in January 2010 to

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp File | Job seekers line up in January 2010 to get into a job fair Hempstead Village. March statistics show unemployement on Long Island has fallen a bit, and the loss of jobs has slowed.

Long Island's job market continues to heal from the ravages of the recession, state Labor Department data released Thursday show. The unemployment rate tumbled to 7.2 percent in March from 7.9 percent in February, the biggest drop between those months since 1990. And private-sector job losses shrank dramatically for the third month in a row.

Long Island had 5,400 fewer private-sector jobs...

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