There is no new order, just a "reiteration of the existing law," said P.C. Meena, deputy commissioner administration, Gurgaon.
Some newspapers reported that deputy commissioner administration P.C. Meena later asked all commercial establishments not to keep women employees at work past 8 p.m.
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright was so unenthusiastic she virtually dropped out of the debate, leaving the issue to her deputy, Strobe Talbott, administration officials said.
But Canon Diane M. Porter, the deputy for administration in the diocese, and others said parishioners had urged Bishop Walker to reconsider his decision.
She retired at the end of August after working for six consecutive state attorneys general since 1968: she started out in the steno pool making $2,965 a year under Louis J. Lefkowitz, a Republican, and rose to become a special deputy for administration — and unofficial office historian — with a $130,000 salary under Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat.
By far his closest adviser, Patricia E. Harris, now deputy mayor for administration, worked in the Koch administration.
On March 18 , 1998 Mr. Friedman and his administrator, Marilyn Reiter, visited the office of Mr. Chiseri, the deputy commissioner for administration.
In addition, Joseph Chiseri, the Health Department's deputy commissioner for administration -- who was considered within the agency to be a key Pataki administration contact -- has been placed on indefinite paid leave, the agency said, but it declined to say why.
"We need enormous involvement and help," said Patricia E. Harris, the deputy mayor for administration.
Her father retired as a deputy director for administration in Manhattan with the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities of New York State.
"We will adapt our procedures," said Thomas Fitzpatrick, the deputy commissioner for administration.
