N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 20.37: Cooperation with the state, counties and municipalities

§ 20.37. Cooperation with the state, counties and municipalities. Any

agency or department of the state, of the county or of any municipality

may render such services to a trust as may be requested by the trust.

Upon request of a trust, any such agency or department is hereby

authorized and empowered to transfer to the trust such officers and

employees as the trust may deem necessary from time to time to assist

the trust in carrying out its functions. Officers and employees so

transferred shall not lose their civil service status or rights. A trust

may enter into an agreement to pay, or cause to be paid by means which

may include an agreement with a participating cultural institution or

not-for-profit cultural organization, a developer or an owner,

compensation to the state, a county or a municipality for services

rendered to the trust.