Section 209-L. Existing rights and remedies preserved

Upon the transfer
  pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article of the  functions
  and  powers  possessed  by  and all of the obligations and duties of the
  science and technology foundation as  established  pursuant  to  article
  ten-A  of  the  public  authorities  law  to the office as prescribed by
  section two hundred nine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided
  in section two hundred nine-f of this  article,  no  existing  right  or
  remedy  of  the  state, including the science and technology foundation,
  shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this article.