N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 3955: Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority

§ 3955. Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority. 1.

With the consent of any public corporation, the authority may use

agents, employees and facilities thereof, paying to such public

corporation its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs.

2. Officers and employees of state or county agencies may be

transferred to the authority without examination and without loss of any

civil service or retirement status or rights. Any officer or employee of

the authority who heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire such

position status by transfer and who at the time of such transfer was a

member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system

shall continue to be a member of such system as long as he or she

continues in such service, and shall continue to have all the rights,

privileges and obligations of membership in such system.