Section 2635. Civil service status of officers and employees

Officers and
  employees of any board, commission or department of the municipality may
  be transferred to the commission 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
  commission.  Officers  and  employees  of  the  city  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 city under the rules of the municipal civil  service  commission  of
  the  municipality  shall have the same status with respect thereto after
  transfer  to  the  commission  as  they   had   under   their   original
  appointments.  The  appointment  and  promotion  of all employees of the
  commission shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the  civil
  service  law  and  the  rules of the appropriate municipal civil service
  commission.