Section 1420-F. Civil service status of officers and employees

Officers and
  employees  of  any  board, commission or department of the participating
  municipalities may be transferred to the authority  in  accordance  with
  the  provisions  of the civil service law and shall be eligible for such
  transfer and appointment without examination to  offices  and  positions
  under  the  authority.  Officers and employees of the municipalities 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 as are now  prescribed  by
  law,  and all such employees who have been appointed to positions in the
  service of the municipalites under the  rules  of  the  municipal  civil
  service commission of the municipalities 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
  the authority shall be made in accordance with  the  provisions  of  the
  civil  service  law  and  the  rules  of  the  appropriate civil service
  commission.