ALBANY — State lawmakers walked out on Gov. Paterson yesterday, abandoning a special legislative session meant to cut New York’s looming $3.2 billion deficit.

Senate Democratic Conference leader John Sampson of Brooklyn abruptly canceled what was supposed to be a 4 p.m. session after realizing that several senior committee chairs had left in disgust over inaction and headed back to their districts.

Among them was Senate Finance Chairman Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn).

Paterson did meet into the evening with legislative leaders who remained, but they continued to resist his efforts to slash education and health-care spending by about $1.3 billion.

Noting that 55 percent of state spending goes to school aid and health care, Paterson said, “We have to have representative cuts in those two areas, and I’m not getting that from the legislators.”