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Syracuse Unemployment Hits a New High
By Braedan Ritter
March 4, 2010 - 5:50pm
Plus another top Paterson official resigns and a Baylor women's basketball player suspended for punching an opponent.

Syracuse’s unemployment rate rose again in Jan. to 9.1 percent, its highest level since at least 1990, according to the Department of Labor.

The jobless rate for Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties rose from 8.2 percent in Dec..

Unemployment rates before 1990 were calculated using a different methodology and cannot be compared, according to the state.