Section 664. 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 the rules 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 article shall be eligible for such use in offices and positions  of
  the  corporation without further examination, 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.  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 or systems as are prescribed  by  law
  on  the  date this article 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.
    3.  The  predecessor  corporation,  as  defined  in subdivision one of
  section six hundred fifty-four-d of this  article  and  the  corporation
  shall  have  the power to provide for the transfer to the corporation of
  agents, employees and  facilities  of  the  predecessor  corporation  to
  enable   the   corporation  to  assist  the  subsidiary  corporation  in
  fulfilling  its  corporate  purposes.  Employees  of   the   predecessor
  corporation  to  be  transferred  to  the  corporation  pursuant to this
  article shall be eligible for such use in offices and positions  of  the
  corporation without further examination, and all such employees who have
  been  appointed  to  positions  in  predecessor  corporation  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
  predecessor   corporation   service.   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 or systems as are prescribed by law on  the  date
  this  subdivision  takes  effect,  and  all such employees who have been
  appointed to positions in predecessor corporation 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 predecessor corporation
  service.