N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law § 9.09: Employees

§ 9.09 Employees. 1. The commission shall have the power to take any

action necessary for securing and maintaining the benefits of the public

retirement systems of this state for its employees in this state and for

such purpose employees of the commission to the extent to which the

compensation paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated

by this state shall be deemed to be employees of this state and eligible

for membership in the appropriate retirement system whether residents of

this state or of the state of New Jersey, to the extent otherwise

qualified.

2. For the purposes of eligibility for participation in the state

health benefit plan under article eleven of the civil service law and

for survivor's benefits for active and retired state employees,

employees of the commission, to the extent to which the compensation

paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated by this

state, shall be deemed to be employees of this state and qualified for

such participation and benefits. For the purpose of determining their

rights under the workers' compensation law of this state, employees of

the commission employed wholly or partly in this state shall be deemed

to be employees of this state provided, however, that the amount of any

payment made under such compensation law to an employee of the

commission employed only partly in this state shall be only in such

proportion as the amount of his or her salary paid by the state of New

York shall bear to his or her total salary.

3. Employees of the commission whose salary is paid in full from funds

appropriated by the state shall be deemed to be employees of the state

in the classified civil service of the state under the provisions of the

civil service law. Commission employees not deemed to be state employees

hereunder shall be employees of the commission.