A new report by Pattern for Progress finds that declining birth rates and outward migration are two key reasons behind the labor shortage in the Hudson Vally. 
Pattern for Progress CEO Adam Bosch said the report was put together to better understand the hiring difficulties throughout the region and provide local leaders with actionable ideas. 
“We have in hospitality, food, and tourism, serious shortages in the labor force; in warehousing and logistics, we have shortages; we have school districts putting up posting for teachers and only getting a small handful of applications where they used to get dozens in the past,” Bosch said in a May 11 video call. …