N.Y. General Municipal Law § 767: Effect of transition on employees

§ 767. Effect of transition on employees. Except as otherwise provided

by law and except for those officials and employees protected by tenure

of office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining agreement,

upon the effective date of consolidation, all appointive offices and

positions then existing in all component local government entities

involved in the consolidation shall be subject to the terms of the joint

consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan, as the

case may be. Such agreement or plan may provide for instances in which

there is duplication of positions and for other matters such as varying

length of employee contracts, different civil service regulations in the

constituent entities and differing ranks and position classifications

for similar positions.