Section 2581. Transfer of officers and employees

1. In accordance with the
  provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any  officer  or
  employee  of the county, selected by the authority may, with the consent
  of the county executive, be transferred to the authority  and  shall  be
  eligible  for such transfer and appointment without further examination,
  to applicable offices, positions and employment under the authority.
    2.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective
  bargaining  unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer; successor
  employees to the positions held by  such  transferred  employees  shall,
  consistent  with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service
  law, be included in the  same  unit  as  their  predecessors.  Employees
  serving  in  positions in newly created titles shall be assigned to such
  same collective bargaining unit if they would have been assigned to such
  unit were  such  titles  created  prior  to  the  establishment  of  the
  authority.    Nothing  contained  in  this  title  shall be construed to
  diminish (a) the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining
  agreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to  an  application
  to  the  public  employment relations board seeking a designation by the
  board that certain persons are managerial or confidential.
    3. Any such officers or employees  so  transferred  to  the  authority
  pursuant  to  this  section,  who  are  members  of or benefit under any
  existing pension or retirement fund or system, shall  continue  to  have
  all rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund
  or  system  as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of their
  employment by the authority, all contributions to such funds  or  system
  to  be  paid  by  the  employer on account of such officers or employees
  shall be paid by the authority.