N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 45: Transfer of officers and employees

§ 45. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of

state departments and agencies may be transferred to the agency and

officers and employees of the agency may be transferred to state

departments and agencies without examination and without loss of any

civil service status or rights. No such transfer may, however, be made

except with the approval of the head of the state department or division

involved and the director of the budget and the chairman of the agency,

and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the civil service

commission of the state.