N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2581: Transfer of officers and employees

§ 2581. 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 county, selected by the authority may, with the consent

of the county executive, 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.

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 such

same collective bargaining unit if 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 to

diminish (a) 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.

3. 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 system

to be paid by the employer on account of such officers or employees

shall be paid by the authority.