Section 1196-E. Transfer of officers and employees

Any public officer or
  employee under civil service, selected by an  authority  may,  with  the
  consent  of  the  commission, board or department by which he or she has
  been employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for
  such transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,
  positions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation
  of any such officer or employee shall after such transfer be paid by the
  authority. But notwithstanding the provisions of this  title,  any  such
  officers  or  employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the
  provisions of this section, who are members of  or  beneficiaries  under
  any  existing  pension  or retirement system, shall continue to have all
  rights, privileges, obligations and status with  respect  to  such  fund
  system or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of
  their  employment  by the authority, all contributions to any pension or
  retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of  such
  officers  or  employees,  shall  be  paid by the authority; and all such
  officers and employees who have been appointed to  positions  under  the
  rules  and  classifications  of  the applicable civil service commission
  shall have the same status with respect thereto after  transfer  to  the
  authority as they had under their original appointments. The appointment
  and  promotion  of  all  employees  of  an  authority  shall  be made in
  accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and  such  rules
  as the applicable civil service commission may adopt and make applicable
  to such authority.