September 20, 2010. Most New York workers remain mired in a high unemployment, unacceptably slow recovery, despite today’s announcement by the NBER that the national recession bottomed out in June 2009, 15 months ago. By the most optimistic projections, three to four years of faster job growth are required to bring the unemployment rate back down to the pre-recession. More forceful economic stimulus measures must be applied to prevent this Great Recession from turning into another Great Depression. Statement >>