N.Y. Public Housing Law § 642: Civil service and pension system membership

§ 642. Civil service and pension system membership. 1. The trust, for

the purpose of administering the civil service law, shall be subject to

the provisions of the civil service law and the rules of the city

department of citywide administrative services or any successor acting

as the municipal commission of the city. The president of the trust

shall be empowered to act for the trust in all matters relating to

compliance with this subdivision.

2. With respect to persons employed by NYCHA on the effective date of

this section, the trust and NYCHA shall be deemed to be the same public

employer only for purposes of transfer of employment under the civil

service law, which may be made only with the approval of the NYCHA CEO

and the president of the trust. No civil service right of an employee of

NYCHA employed on the effective date of this article shall be lost,

impaired or affected by reason of the enactment of this section into

law.

3. Any person on an eligible list for a position with NYCHA shall

continue to hold such position on such list and shall be entitled to the

same civil service rights. The trust shall continue to use any new or

existing civil service lists promulgated by the department of citywide

administrative services until such time as successor titles are

established. Employees of the trust shall have the same rights and

benefits as employees of NYCHA.

4. Any officer or employee of NYCHA who is transferred to the trust

pursuant to this section and who at the time of such transfer was a

member of the New York city employees' retirement system shall continue

to be a member of such system as long as he or she or they continues in

such service, and shall continue to have all the rights, privileges and

obligations of membership in such system. Employment by the trust shall

constitute city-service for the purposes of chapter one of title

thirteen of the administrative code of the city of New York.