Jobs News New York Sees Rise In Layoffs

7 companies, 450+ jobs: Q3 layoffs in Western New York

At least 467 employees were laid off in the Western New York region between July and September, bringing the total number of layoffs in 2025 to more than 2,100. Read More

Layoffs across the U.S. this year are at their highest level since 2020, new data shows

Employers have announced nearly 950,000 job cuts through September, the great number of layoffs through September since 2020, an analysis finds. Read More

Goldman Sachs warns of looming layoffs as AI reshapes Wall Street giant’s operations

Wall Street firm will “constrain headcount growth through” 2025 and carry out a “limited reduction in roles across the firm,” according to a memo. Read More

NBC News to cut 150 jobs — 7% of workforce — as staffers ‘dreading what’s to come’ at 30 Rock

The job cuts, expected to begin Wednesday and continue through Thursday, will hit roughly 7% of the 2,000-person news division, Status reported. Read More

NY hikes top unemployment pay by 72% to $869 per week in first rise since 2019. Here's why

New York's maximum unemployment pay leaped to $869 per week from $504 in first increase since 2019 after the state paid a $7 billion pandemic debt. Read More

Judge to Broaden Order Blocking Many Layoffs as Trump Seeks More Cuts

Officials at some agencies had left open the possibility of layoffs in court filings, but a federal judge said she would widen an initial ban on the cuts. Read More

NBC News expects to cut 150 jobs, 7% of workforce, NY Post reports

NBC News expects to lay off 150 employees, hitting roughly 7% of the 2,000-person news division, Ariel Zilber of The New ... Read More

U.S. job openings rise moderately; layoffs increase

U.S. job openings increased modestly in October and layoffs rose, strengthening views that the labor recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was slowing. Read More