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Quarterly Mass Layoff Statistics

New York State Selected Measures of Extended Mass Layoff Activity
PeriodMass
Layoff Events		SeparationsInitial Claimants
2005
Quarter 1: January - March 138 20,281 22,234
Quarter 2: April - June 93 18,595 17,226
Quarter 3: July - September 94 14,146 15,771
Quarter 4: October - December 118 17,543 20,080
2006
Quarter 1: January - March 98 12,148 18,521
Quarter 2: April - June 108 18,799 26,422
Quarter 3: July - September 93 10,936 14,563
Quarter 4: October - December 105 13,690 19,966
2007
Quarter 1: January - March 53 6,615 6,592
Quarter 2: April - June 77 11,049 18,145
Quarter 3: July - September 135 24,583 23,233
Quarter 4: October - December 106 17,570 19,864
2008
Quarter 1: January - March 78 13,084 12,880
Quarter 2: April - June 70 14,492 12,901
Quarter 3: July - September 118 27,856 22,463
Quarter 4: October - December 147 30,582 31,868
2009
Quarter 1: January - March 213 41,333 39,321
Quarter 2: April - June 162 31,222 33,175
Quarter 3: July - September 154 28,216 26,172
Quarter 4: October - December
 166 24,798 31,394
2010
Quarter 1: January - March 155 22,599 27,111
Quarter 2: April - June 119 18,769 22,231
Quarter 3: July - September 230 32,885 41,037
Quarter 4: October - December 138 18,928 27,772
2011
Quarter 1: January - March 122 14,498 21,178
Quarter 2: April - June 97 12,986 22,128
Quarter 3: July - September 120 13,919 19,424
Quarter 4: October - December 133 13,400 27,228
2012
Quarter 1: January - March(r) 90 12,896 16,346
Quarter 2: April - June(r) 107 18,861 18,676
Quarter 2: July - September(p) 95 14,566 17,046
Quarter 4: October - December(p) 131 19,698 18,190
(p) = preliminary.
(r) = revised.
Source: New York State Department of Labor, Bureau of Research and Statistics.

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