New York's public employee unions reached agreement to avert layoffs OSWEGO, NY (wrvo) - Governor Paterson and New York's public employee unions have reached an agreement to avoid the layoff of up to nine-thousand state workers because of the state's fiscal problems. The Civil Service Employees Association is one of the unions. C-S-E-A's Stephen Maduaruz explains to WRVO's Chris Ulanowski how the compromise was reached. © Copyright 2012, wrvo