§ 2023. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or\nemployee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the\nconsent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has\nbeen employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for\nsuch transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,\npositions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation\nof any such officer or employee shall after such transfer be paid by the\nauthorty. But notwithstanding the provisions of this act, any such\nofficers or employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members of or beneficiaries under\nany existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have all\nrights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund\nsystem or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of\ntheir employment by the authority, all contributions to any pension or\nretirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of such\nofficers or employee, shall be paid by the authority; and all such\nofficers and employees who have been appointed to positions under the\nrules and classifications of the state civil service commission shall\nhave the same status with respect thereto after transfer to the\nauthority as they had under their original appointments. It is hereby\ndeclared that in the interest of efficiency and in so far as it may be\npracticable, all employees engaged in the operation of any property or\nproperties, except in an executive capacity, at the time such property\nor properties shall have been acquired by the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this act, shall become the employees of the authority.\nThe authority shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of the\nstate labor relations law. The appointment and promotion of all\nemployees of the authority shall be made in accordance with the\nprovisions of the civil service law (constituting chapter seven of the\nconsolidated laws).\n
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