New York State’s Manufacturing Economy

“When thinking of New York’s economy, many people picture the skyscrapers that line Wall Street and the bankers and financiers who inhabit them. But a robust manufacturing sector has always been an important part of the state’s economic mix, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic growth. And after decades of decline, new opportunities exist for a revitalized manufacturing sector in New York — but only if regulators in Albany and Washington, D.C., move out of the way and allow the state’s manufacturing businesses to thrive.”