STATE IS ACCUSED OF BACKING OUT ON LAYOFF DEAL
The head of the state's largest Civil Service union accused the Cuomo administration yesterday of reneging on a deal that would have prevented layoffs of state employees. The charge, made by William L. McGowan, head of the Civil Service Employees Association, came as 1,220 state workers were dismissed in the first wave of 3,400 layoffs called for in the state budget. Mr. McGowan said that he had been promised that layoffs would be reduced if more than 4,200 state workers retired early. At least 7,500 state workers have filed early retirement papers, 3,300 more than the state had predicted. Therefore, Mr. McGowan said, there was no reason to dismiss any more than 100 workers at the most.



