Upstate’s Uneven Metropolitan Economies – Implications for Policy Makers The story of New York’s job market since the 1990’s has been a tale of two regions. The New York City metropolitan area, where two-thirds of the state’s population lives, has seen private sector employment growth (42.4%) that is near the national rate (48.3%). Albany-Schenectady-Troy’s employment growth – 27.5% – is higher than the remaining New York […]