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New York Governor David Paterson released a letter to unions yesterday stating that nonunion employees would be exempt from planned layoffs since they would forgo pay raises on his order. Nonunion employees, who are typically managers and secretaries, will not receive the 3% raise state unions refuse to give up. Paterson will save 200 of those jobs as a result, though the raise was eliminated for 11,000 nonunion workers. Labor leaders have stated that management/confidential employees still want their raises, while union officials noted that regulation dictates that nonunion employees cannot be skipped on layoffs for union employees with the same title and more seniority. The Governor also released a list of the scheduled layoffs, with Corrections and the Office of Mental Retardation facing the largest cuts.