U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.
State labor officials are preparing for the possibility that 200,000 New Yorkers could lose their unemployment benefits if Congress fails to extend the emergency benefits.
The line started forming on Friday and people camped out through the cold, rain and darkness. It's all for a shot at a job as a union elevator repairman.