Section 1739. Collective negotiation

1. For the purpose of article fourteen
  of the civil service law, the authority shall be deemed to be the public
  employer  and  as  such  shall  negotiate  with  and  enter into written
  agreements with employee organizations representing  the  staff  of  the
  authority  that have been certified or recognized under such article. In
  carrying on such negotiations, the authority shall consult with and seek
  assistance from the office of labor relations and collective  bargaining
  of  the  city  board  and  the  New  York city office of municipal labor
  relations. The  state  public  employment  relations  board  shall  have
  exclusive  jurisdiction  for the purpose of administering the provisions
  of such article and the provisions of section two hundred twelve of such
  article shall not be applicable to any such negotiations.
    2. Employees transferred from the city board to the authority shall be
  included in an appropriate employer-employee negotiating  unit  pursuant
  to  article fourteen of the civil service law except for those employees
  who are designated managerial or  confidential.  With  respect  to  such
  employees,  the  existing  public  employee  organization  recognized or
  certified to represent the employees of the  existing  negotiating  unit
  shall  be  recognized  as the representative for the negotiating unit of
  the authority.
    3. Future alterations of the negotiating unit shall be  made  pursuant
  to article fourteen of the civil service law.
    4. a. The authority shall consult with the appropriate public employee
  organization  on  the  establishment  of,  and  bargain  all  terms  and
  conditions of, any new titles it establishes which have a  community  of
  interest   with  titles  already  represented  by  the  public  employee
  organization which presently has representation rights for those  titles
  at the city board or at the city of New York.
    b.  Any  such  titles  for  which  terms  and conditions are bargained
  pursuant to paragraph a of  this  subdivision  shall  be  deemed  to  be
  successor  titles  within  the meaning of applicable law and, so long as
  the responsibilities of employees in these titles are reasonably related
  to the responsibilities of employees currently represented by  a  public
  employee  organization,  shall be accreted to the appropriate bargaining
  certificates for  which  such  public  employee  organization  shall  be
  voluntarily   recognized   as  the  bargaining  agent  under  procedures
  acceptable to the state public employment relations board.