In his new Gotham Gazette Demographics article “New York’s Now Beleaguered Financial Workforce,” Andrew Beveridge examines the decline of the financial sector in New York City.

“As finance led the city and region into a boom, it is now leading them into the most serious economic downturn since the Great Depression,” Beveridge writes.

Data from the American Community Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal the changes in the financial sector.  Read the story for the full details of the sector and those professions, businesses and individuals who depend on it.