Workers returned to offices in East Midtown, April 14, 2022. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY

NYC unemployment dropped to 6.5% as the service industry continued to add jobs.

Here is your April economic recovery update from THE CITY. We publish a new analysis of the city’s employment, job and fiscal indicators each month.

New York City added a modest 18,000 jobs in March and the first quarter didn’t keep pace with the robust gains in the nation.