N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1226-k: Transfer of officers and employees

§ 1226-k. Transfer of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with

the provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any officer

or employee of the board of water supply, may, at the request of the

authority and with the consent of such board, be transferred to the

authority and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment,

without further examination, to applicable offices, positions and

employment under the authority. Any such officers or employees so

transferred to the authority pursuant to this section, who are members

of or benefit under any existing pension or retirement fund or system,

shall continue to have all rights, privileges, obligations and status

with respect to such fund or system as are now prescribed by law, but

during the period of their employment by the authority, all

contributions to such funds or systems to be paid by the employer on

account of such officers or employees shall be paid by the authority.

2. A transferred employee shall remain in the same collective

bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer; successor

employees to the positions held by such transferred employees shall,

consistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service

law, be included in the same unit as their predecessors. Employees

serving in positions in newly created titles shall be assigned to the

same collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such

unit were such titles created prior to the establishment of the

authority. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed (a) to

diminish the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining

agreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to an application

to the public employment relations board seeking a designation by the

board that certain persons are managerial or confidential.