N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1737: Civil service

§ 1737. Civil service. 1. a. The authority, for the purpose of

administering the state civil service law, shall be deemed to be a

municipal commission provided, however, that (i) the authority may elect

to delegate the administration of any or all of the provisions of the

civil service law, except article fourteen of such law, to the

department of personnel of the city of New York with respect to titles

established at the authority and which the city has also established and

promulgates; (ii) the civil service commission of the city of New York

shall exercise on behalf of the authority the powers and duties of

review assigned under sections fifty, seventy-two, and seventy-six of

the civil service law; and (iii) the New York city office of

administrative trials and hearings will be designated the hearing office

and shall conduct on behalf of the authority such hearings as are

required by sections seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three,

seventy-five and eighty-one of the civil service law.

b. In the event the authority elects to delegate administration of any

or all of the provisions of the civil service law pursuant to paragraph

a of this subdivision, the city department of personnel shall enter into

a contract with such authority for the rendition of such services. The

authority shall compensate the city of New York for such services only

with respect to such services rendered for or on behalf of the

authority. If the city of New York and the authority cannot agree on the

amount of such compensation, the city comptroller shall determine the

fair and reasonable value of such services and the authority shall pay

such sum to the city of New York.

2. a. Any person on an eligible list for a position with the city

board in effect on the effective date of this title shall continue to

hold such position on such list and shall be entitled to the same civil

service rights.

b. The authority shall continue to use any new or existing civil

service lists promulgated by the city department of personnel until such

time as successor titles are established.

3. With respect to persons employed by the city board on the effective

date of this section, the authority and the city board shall be deemed

to be the same public employer only for purposes of transfer of

employment under the civil service law. No civil service right of an

employee of the city board employed on the effective date of this title

shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of the enactment of this

section into law.

4. A tripartite panel shall be established, consisting of one person

representing the authority, one person representing the appropriate

public employee organization and an impartial person selected by these

representatives. This panel shall hear complaints filed by such public

employee organization with respect to the creation and classification of

new titles and shall render non-binding written recommendations to the

public employee organization and the authority prior to the public

hearing required of a municipal civil service commission pursuant to

section twenty of the civil service law, provided that the hearing of

the tripartite panel shall be expedited so as to avoid delay.