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Both Franklin and Fulton counties recorded an unemployment rate of 6.3 percent last month.

According to the senator's office more than 5,200 New Yorkers have been hospitalized with the flu this season and the number of new cases went up by 54 percent last week.

They lost Greece, but saw an increase in support — from 7,859 to 9,890 votes and 41 to 45 percent relative to 2013 — and had a huge surge in Irondequoit, which they won with 55 percent in 2013 and 77 percent last week.

In addition, the percentage of voters prepared to re-elect their state senator is up to 38 percent, from 31 percent last month.

Murray's GOP support remains «solid,» Levy said, but has slipped slightly — 69 percent of Republicans said they planned to vote for Murray, down from 74 percent last month.

But in a shift to exotic funds, NYCERS has moved money out of stock indexes and core bonds, dropping from 71 percent in 2000 to 39 percent last year.

Among suburban voters, his approval numbers now stand at 41 percent, dropping from 48 percent last October.

They flipped the county executive posts in Nassau and Westchester, the comptroller's office in Nassau and seemingly Dutchess, and received 51 percent of the vote in the Putnam sheriff's race after drawing 36 percent the last time they ran a candidate.

Among Democrats, 74 percent said they planned to vote for her, up from 69 percent last month.

The overall graduation rate for New York state also inched upward this year, to 79.4 percent from 78.1 percent last year.

The state Consumer Price Index, calculated by the budget office, is forcast to rise 1.9 percent compared with a gain of 0.3 percent last year and 1.5 percent in 2014.

Hanna has a negative 34 - 47 percent favorabilityrating (down from a positive 37 - 29 percent last month), with 18 percent having no opinion.

Brien is viewed favorably by 39 percent of likely voters and unfavorably by 35 percent, with 26 percenthaving no opinion (it was 22-26-52 percent last month).

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse City School District's June graduation rate exceeded 60 percent last year, for the first time in 10 years.

The district is conservative - leaning terrain, as far as New York goes, a place where George W. Bush won 54 percent of the vote in 2004 but that President Obama carried with 51 percent last November.

Graduation rates reached 60 percent last year for the first time in 10 years.

That's the promise from the Buffalo school system which helped the college admission rate jump nine points, from 57 percent of graduates in 2012 to 66 percent last year.

They predicted wages, excluding bonus payments, will rise 4.4 percent in 2016 across the state after increasing 4.2 percent last year.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on federal health officials to dispatch a flu surveillance team to New York to help «break its fever» since more than 5,200 New Yorkers have been hospitalized with the flu this season, with case numbers climbing 54 percent last week

Their lead here has collapsed from roughly 37 % in 2013 to around eight percent last week - a swing of about 15 % to the Tories.

Opposition parties had hoped to tap into public anger over inflation that peaked at over 40 percent last year, as well as low growth and high unemployment.

Cuomo leads Paladino 60 - 27 percent, down from 64 - 23 percent last month.

Also, there have indeed been tax cuts during Cuomo's four years in the governor's office, and according to data released today by the state Department of Labor, the statewide unemployment rate has fallen from 7.4 percent in September 2013 to 5.6 percent last month.

Today's Siena poll finds a whopping 77 percent of New Yorkers view new Gov. Andrew Cuomo favorably, up from 70 percent last month, and 72 percent say they at least somewhat support his 2011 - 2012 spending plan, although they oppose his call to reduce education aid.

Crime at city housing projects increased 2.4 percent last year, even as the city enjoyed a historically low crime rate overall.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has a 58 - 26 percent favorability with likely voters, up a little from 50 - 23 percent last month among registered voters.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's favorability rating is 52 - 43 percent with likely voters, down from 57 - 35 percent last month among registered voters.

«ELA and math proficiency have gone up 15 percentage points and 8 percentage points respectively since 2014, and attendance increased from 89 percent in 2014 to 94 percent last year,» she said.

Pollster Steve Greenberg said 50 percent of those who took part in the survey said they'd re-elect Cuomo, compared to 55 percent last month.

Bellone, a Babylon Democrat, re-elected to a second term last November, has a 47 percent job - approval rating, down from a high of 60 percent last October.

In the U.S., people reporting having paid for online news — either via subscription or a one - off payment — fell from 11 percent to 9 percent last year.

The number of Long Islanders served by one of the region's largest food banks increased by 19 percent last year despite the improving economy, according to the Hauppauge - based nonprofit.

Kaminsky's split stands at 41 percent to 49, down from 44 percent to 20 percent last month.

«By a strong 55 - 34 percent margin, voters say New York is headed on the right track, not in the wrong direction, the highest margin ever in a Siena poll, and up from 50 - 40 percent last month,» poll spokesman Steve Greenberg said.

The number of tuberculosis cases in New York City suddenly jumped by 10 percent last year — the largest increase since 1992, according to the Health Department.

Fifty - two percent say they are prepared to re-elect him, while 39 percent would prefer someone else (down from 55 - 35 percent last month).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favorable rating is back at 70 percent (up from 68 percent last month), according to today's Siena poll.

Gillibrand's Republican opponent, Wendy Long, has a 13 - 11 approval rating, and that wasn't improved much by her June 26 primary win, since it was at 9 percent last month.

Across Chicago, 81.8 percent of the district's 408,000 students are eligible for fee waivers through the National School Lunch program, up from 79.4 percent last September, according to initial estimates provided by the district.

The 28 - year - old central midfielder had a pass - completion rate of 91.4 percent last season, the fourth highest in La Liga in the campaign just finished.

Jake Rudock threw for 64.0 % percent last season.

«I like drawing contact and getting a foul,» she said, and coupled with her 3 - point shooting (34 percent last year on 224 attempts), she is a tough cover.

She shot 1 - of - 12 from range in her entire UConn career, and only shot free throws at 71 percent last season, so she'll need to improve her form.

Ponds is a better three - point shooter than his percentage suggests — he hit 37.5 percent last year and 86 percent of his free throws this year.

Rosen's success rate improved over his three seasons, from 44.8 percent as a freshman in 2015, to 46.3 percent in 2016, to a perfectly solid 48.7 percent last year.

That's up from 73 percent last season and 61 percent the season before.

Compare that to the 85 percent last week or the 77 percent against Man City.

He's improved his free - throw shooting from 38.6 percent last season to 62.9 percent this season and is dishing out a career - high 3.9 assists to go along with 14.3 points per game and a league - leading 15 rebounds.

(He completed 51 percent last year.)

Maybe it's infectious, hanging around The Splash Brothers Klay and Steph and all, but Green is shooting a solid 36 percent from downtown, up from 20 percent last season.