N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1230-l: Transfer of officers and employees

§ 1230-l. 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 city that currently works in the system, may, at the

request of the water board and with the consent of such city and board,

be transferred to the water board and shall be eligible for such

transfer and appointment, without further examination, to applicable

offices, positions and employment under the water board. Any such

officers or employees so transferred to the water board 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 water board, 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 water board.

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 water

board. 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.