N.Y. Labor Law § 717: State mediation board, state labor relations board, and state employment relations board abolished

§ 717. State mediation board, state labor relations board, and state

employment relations board abolished. The state mediation board created

by chapter five hundred sixty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred

sixty-eight, the New York state labor relations board created by chapter

four hundred forty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-seven,

and the state employment relations board created by chapter one hundred

sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-one are hereby

abolished. All the functions, powers and duties of such boards are

hereby assigned to and shall hereafter be exercised and performed by and

through the board. Any controversy, proceeding or other matter pending

before the New York state board of mediation, the state labor relations

board or the state employment relations board at the time this section

takes effect, may be conducted and completed by the board and for such

purposes the board shall be deemed to be a continuation of the

functions, powers and duties of the New York state board of mediation,

the state labor relations board or the state employment relations board,

respectively, and not a new entity. Upon the transfer of functions to

the board pursuant to this section, all appropriations and

reappropriations heretofore or hereafter made to the department of labor

relating to the state board of mediation or the state labor relations

board or segregated pursuant to law, to the extent of remaining

unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether allocated or

unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated are hereby made

available for use and expenditure by the board for the same purposes for

which originally appropriated or reappropriated. Whenever the state

board of mediation or the state labor relations board or the chairman of

the state board of mediation or of the state labor relations board or

the state employment relations board is referred to or designated in any

general, special or local law or in any rule, regulation, contract or

other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer

to the board and the chairman thereof, respectively.