N.Y. Public Housing Law § 33: Transfer of officers and employees

§ 33. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of

any board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the

authority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service examination

with reference to the position they then hold, may be transferred with

the consent of such board or department to the authority, and shall be

eligible for such transfer and appointment, without examination, and

their salaries or compensation shall, during the effective period of

such transfer, be paid by the authority. The officers and employees of

such municipality transferred to the authority pursuant to the

provisions of this section, who are members or beneficiaries of any

existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have the

rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such system

or systems, but during the period of their employment by the authority

all contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system on account

of such officers or employees which would, except for such transfer,

have been paid by such municipality, shall be paid by the authority; and

all such employees shall have the same status with respect to their

positions after transfer to the authority as they had under their

original appointments. Any employee so transferred may be removed by the

authority in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law.

In addition to the right of reinstatement that such persons so

transferred shall have pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-one

of the civil service law under the circumstances, and in the cases

provided in said section, such person shall have the right of

reinstatement pursuant to said section not only in the service of the

authority but also in the service from which such person was

transferred.