Report: Rochester second-to-last in America for economic growth

Joseph Spector

Poughkeepsie and Rochester had the worst economic growth among the largest metropolitan areas in the country last year, a report this week found.

The report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that Poughkeepsie’s gross metropolitan product — the market value of goods and services produced within an metropolitan area — dropped 1 percent between 2012 and 2013 — the worst of any of the top 100 metro areas in the country.

Rochester was the second worst, a decline of 0.8 percent. Buffalo ranked the eighth worst at a negative 0.2 percent.

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