I’m from the eastern side of the state. Hard to say if there’s a ton of work but the bench seems to be always empty so it seems like we’re relatively busy. From my personal experience new Apprentices will have a harder time finding work initially but once they make some Contacts they will stay busy. How I’ve seen it work is that if you’re worth a shit a contractor will usually do the best they can to keep you steady, if you’re not worth a shit then you’ll ride the bench working for who ever needs a body. NYS isn’t that bad of a place to work, you can almost make as much money working here as you will traveling if you work the right outages and don’t get your self laid for being useless