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LI unemployment rises to 7.1 percent
Long Island's unemployment rate rose to 7.1 percent in November, up from 6.8 percent last year, according to a state Labor Department report Thursday.
The increase was due to more people entering the labor force and looking for jobs compared to last year. There was "both an increase in the number of employed in the region... and also a larger increase in the number of unemployed,"...
