Section 14. Offices, assistants and employees  


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  • a.  The  board  of
      transportation may  rent  such  offices  for  a  period  not  to  exceed
      twenty-one  years  and  employ  such  deputy  commissioners,  engineers,
      attorneys and other persons, from time to time, as, in  its  discretion,
      it  may  deem necessary to the proper performance by it of its duties as
      prescribed in this chapter.
        b. The board of transportation is empowered to organize  an  operating
      division  for  the  operation  and  maintenance  of a publicly owned and
      operated railroad, separate and distinct from the  organization  engaged
      in  planning and supervising the construction and equipment of railroads
      prior to operation, and is hereby authorized to  establish  and  specify
      the  duties  and the regulations which shall govern the work and conduct
      of employees in such division and the penalties which may be imposed for
      disobedience of or  violation  of  such  regulations.  Appointments  and
      promotion  to  any  position in any class of employment in such division
      shall be subject to the provisions of the civil service law.   Employees
      holding  positions  in  such  operating  division  shall  be notified in
      writing of any charge or accusation of dereliction of duty which  is  to
      be  considered  by  the board of transportation, and shall be allowed at
      least five days for answering such charge in writing and be entitled  to
      a  hearing thereon, at which he shall be entitled to be represented by a
      person of his own choosing. If in the judgment of the board such charges
      of delinquency  or  misconduct  are  sustained,  such  employee  may  be
      suspended  without pay for a period not to exceed thirty days, or may be
      dismissed from such employment as provided in section twenty-two of  the
      civil  service  law.  The  board may temporarily suspend without pay any
      such employee charged with dereliction of duty pending  hearing  on  any
      such charges, but if the board shall determine that such charges are not
      sustained  by  the evidence adduced at the hearing thereon, the employee
      so suspended shall be entitled to pay for the  time  of  such  temporary
      suspension.