Section 2546. Employees of the corporation

1.  Notwithstanding  any
  inconsistent provisions of this act, the appointment  and  promotion  of
  all  employees  of  and  for the corporation shall be made in accordance
  with the provisions of the civil service law and shall be subject to the
  jurisdiction of the city civil service commission and  the  compensation
  for such employees shall be fixed by the corporation.
    2.  The  city  and the corporation shall have the power to provide for
  the transfer to the corporation of agents, employees and  facilities  of
  the  city  to  enable the corporation to fulfill its corporate purposes.
  Employees of the city to be transferred to the corporation  pursuant  to
  this  title  shall  be  automatically  appointed  and transferred to the
  corporation in the same or equivalent classification and  position  they
  hold  at  the  time  of  the transfer. The corporation, its officers and
  employees, shall be subject to article fourteen of the civil service law
  and for all purposes the corporation shall be deemed "public  employer",
  provided,  however, that chapter fifty-four of the New York city charter
  and administrative code of the city of New  York  and  executive  orders
  number   fifty-two,   dated  September  twenty-ninth,  nineteen  hundred
  sixty-seven, as amended, promulgated by the mayor, shall  apply  in  all
  respects  to  the  corporation,  its  officers and employees except that
  paragraph seven and paragraph eight of said executive order shall not be
  applicable to the corporation, its officers and employees. Employees who
  are members or beneficiaries  of  any  existing  pension  or  retirement
  system  shall  continue  to have such rights, privileges, obligations or
  status with respect to such system as are prescribed by law on the  date
  this  title takes effect, and all such employees who have been appointed
  to positions in city service in accordance with the  provisions  of  the
  civil  service  law under the rules of the city civil service commission
  shall have the same status with respect thereto in the  service  of  the
  corporation as they had in city service.