
Which might seem strange—unemployment in New York state has been on the decline, while the construction sector has recently shown signs of growth (though it's still far from what experts would deem healthy).
I know what you're thinking—maybe the day laborer market has an inverse relationship to the health of the economy, or something, but that doesn't seem to be the case, either. Maybe it's just that local anecdotal evidence isn't always indicative or a larger, more interesting trend? Sorry everybody.