New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement regarding the New York State Labor Department’s July 2009 state employment data. The data showed that New York State’s private sector employers added 14,000 jobs over the past month, ending a ten-month long spell of monthly job losses. The State’s unemployment rate edged down to 8.6 percent, and the number of New Yorkers counted among the unemployed fell to 835,900.

New York, NY – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) joined with New Yorkers and representatives of Consumers Union, NYPIRG, Demos, and NEDAP to hail new credit card reforms that went into effect this morning. The reforms, contained in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act, which Maloney authored in the House, will give credit card holders advance notice of interest rate increases and will end due-date gimmicks that lure consumers into paying sky-high fees and penalties.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement in reaction to last Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report and the continued negative effects of the recession on the African American community:

“Though recent economic indicators suggest that the worst of the recession may be behind us, the numbers in the July Jobs Report serve as a sobering reminder of the disparate impact this recession’s unemployment has had on the African American community. African American women have been particularly hard hit. The unemployment rate among African American adult women is 11.7 percent, which is nearly 75 percent higher than the unemployment rate for adult White women.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement in reaction to last Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) latest jobs report and the continued disparate impact of the recession on the Hispanic community: 

“Though recent economic indicators suggest that the worst of the recession may be behind us, the July Jobs Report serves as a sobering reminder of the disparate impact this recession’s unemployment has had on the Hispanic community. Hispanic women have been particularly hard hit. The unemployment rate is at 11.8 percent for adult Hispanic women; which is a full 50 percent higher than the unemployment rate for adult white women.