NYers glum on economy
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   Looking for optimists about the national economy? Then look somewhere else than New York.
Fifty-two percent of those polled by the Siena Research Institute said the country’s best days are over and that the next generation will have to accept a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. Forty percent said the country will rebound, according to the survey, which was released today.
One of every three residents, and 13 percent of retirees, have sought overtime or another job in the last six months, according to the poll.
“With nearly three New Yorkers saying they are worse off today to every one that feels better financially than they were a year ago, it is o wonder that a majority of state residents doubt the strength of our country’s economy,’’ said poll director Dan Levy.
The telephone poll, taken Aug. 27-Sept. 7, interviewed 513 people. It has an error margin of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
