Sentences with phrase «fewer county jobs»

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Nassau County has given tax breaks to an eighth proposed self - storage facility, following criticism from taxpayers and economic development watchdogs that such projects shouldn't receive help because they create few jobs.

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In New York's Broome and Tioga counties, there are more than 14,000 fewer jobs over the same period — a decrease of 11.75 percent, according to local area unemployment statistics crunched by state officials.

Former Democratic Nassau legislators Roger Corbin and Patrick Williams have family members who have worked at the county Board of Elections — one of the few county departments where the Democratic Party controls some jobs.

It's a rematch of a race decided four years ago by fewer than 400 votes: Republican Mangano, who swept into office amid growing tea party sentiment, is trumpeting his record of not raising taxes against Suozzi, a former rising star in state Democratic politics seeking to regain his old job as county executive.

In a study of how recent Chinese imports affected the U.S. labor force, the researchers found that counties with higher rates of self - employment suffered fewer negative effects, such as reduced job growth, from increased imports than counties with lower self - employment rates, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.

Immediately noticeable in the background of high school teenager Spencer's bedroom are posters of various AAA Sony PlayStation 4 exclusives (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and The Last Guardian to name a few) signaling that director Jake Kasdan (Sex Tape, Orange County, also serving as a writer on this film among a crowded bunch that get the job done successfully) and the entire filmmaking team understand video game culture.

There are few jobs in Parke County, and about three - quarters of students in Rockville qualify for free or reduced lunch — nearly twice as many as five years ago.

It's the county seat, which adds quite a few jobs to the local economy.