Section 1737. Civil service

1.  a.  The  authority,  for the purpose of
  administering the state civil service law,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a
  municipal commission provided, however, that (i) the authority may elect
  to  delegate  the  administration of any or all of the provisions of the
  civil  service  law,  except  article  fourteen  of  such  law,  to  the
  department  of  personnel of the city of New York with respect to titles
  established at the authority and which the city has also established and
  promulgates; (ii) the civil service commission of the city of  New  York
  shall  exercise  on  behalf  of  the  authority the powers and duties of
  review assigned under sections fifty, seventy-two,  and  seventy-six  of
  the   civil  service  law;  and  (iii)  the  New  York  city  office  of
  administrative trials and hearings will be designated the hearing office
  and shall conduct on behalf  of  the  authority  such  hearings  as  are
  required    by   sections   seventy-one,   seventy-two,   seventy-three,
  seventy-five and eighty-one of the civil service law.
    b. In the event the authority elects to delegate administration of any
  or all of the provisions of the civil service law pursuant to  paragraph
  a of this subdivision, the city department of personnel shall enter into
  a  contract with such authority for the rendition of such services.  The
  authority shall compensate the city of New York for such  services  only
  with  respect  to  such  services  rendered  for  or  on  behalf  of the
  authority. If the city of New York and the authority cannot agree on the
  amount of such compensation, the city comptroller  shall  determine  the
  fair  and  reasonable value of such services and the authority shall pay
  such sum to the city of New York.
    2. a. Any person on an eligible list for  a  position  with  the  city
  board  in  effect  on the effective date of this title shall continue to
  hold such position on such list and shall be entitled to the same  civil
  service rights.
    b.  The  authority  shall  continue  to  use any new or existing civil
  service lists promulgated by the city department of personnel until such
  time as successor titles are established.
    3. With respect to persons employed by the city board on the effective
  date of this section, the authority and the city board shall  be  deemed
  to  be  the  same  public  employer  only  for  purposes  of transfer of
  employment under the civil service law. No civil  service  right  of  an
  employee  of the city board employed on the effective date of this title
  shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of the enactment  of  this
  section into law.
    4.  A  tripartite panel shall be established, consisting of one person
  representing the authority,  one  person  representing  the  appropriate
  public  employee  organization and an impartial person selected by these
  representatives. This panel shall hear complaints filed by  such  public
  employee organization with respect to the creation and classification of
  new  titles  and shall render non-binding written recommendations to the
  public employee organization and  the  authority  prior  to  the  public
  hearing  required  of  a  municipal civil service commission pursuant to
  section twenty of the civil service law, provided that  the  hearing  of
  the tripartite panel shall be expedited so as to avoid delay.