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State employees could be enjoying long weekends on a regular basis if state assemblyman Michael Gianaris (of airline passenger bill of rights fame) has his way. The Queens politician plans to introduce legislation that would require all state agencies providing "nonessential services" to change their working hours to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, instead of the current 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week. Gianaris says the change would save New York $30 million a year in building maintenance and transportation costs. (Education, transportation, public safety and hospital workers would be excluded, according to the Times.) Governor Paterson's office has yet to comment on the proposal, but Utah, which has a much smaller state workforce, is saving $3 million annually with four-day weeks. New York's budget deficit is expected to hit $15 billion this year.