§ 1737 — Civil service

§ 1737. Civil service. 1. a. The authority, for the purpose of\nadministering the state civil service law, shall be deemed to be a\nmunicipal commission provided, however, that (i) the authority may elect\nto delegate the administration of any or all of the provisions of the\ncivil service law, except article fourteen of such law, to the\ndepartment of personnel of the city of New York with respect to titles\nestablished at the authority and which the city has also established and\npromulgates; (ii) the civil service commission of the city of New York\nshall exercise on behalf of the authority the powers and duties of\nreview assigned under sections fifty, seventy-two, and seventy-six of\nthe civil service law; and (iii) the New York city office of\nadministrative trials and hearings will be designated the hearing office\nand shall conduct on behalf of the authority such hearings as are\nrequired by sections seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three,\nseventy-five and eighty-one of the civil service law.\n b. In the event the authority elects to delegate administration of any\nor all of the provisions of the civil service law pursuant to paragraph\na of this subdivision, the city department of personnel shall enter into\na contract with such authority for the rendition of such services. The\nauthority shall compensate the city of New York for such services only\nwith respect to such services rendered for or on behalf of the\nauthority. If the city of New York and the authority cannot agree on the\namount of such compensation, the city comptroller shall determine the\nfair and reasonable value of such services and the authority shall pay\nsuch sum to the city of New York.\n 2. a. Any person on an eligible list for a position with the city\nboard in effect on the effective date of this title shall continue to\nhold such position on such list and shall be entitled to the same civil\nservice rights.\n b. The authority shall continue to use any new or existing civil\nservice lists promulgated by the city department of personnel until such\ntime as successor titles are established.\n 3. With respect to persons employed by the city board on the effective\ndate of this section, the authority and the city board shall be deemed\nto be the same public employer only for purposes of transfer of\nemployment under the civil service law. No civil service right of an\nemployee of the city board employed on the effective date of this title\nshall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of the enactment of this\nsection into law.\n 4. A tripartite panel shall be established, consisting of one person\nrepresenting the authority, one person representing the appropriate\npublic employee organization and an impartial person selected by these\nrepresentatives. This panel shall hear complaints filed by such public\nemployee organization with respect to the creation and classification of\nnew titles and shall render non-binding written recommendations to the\npublic employee organization and the authority prior to the public\nhearing required of a municipal civil service commission pursuant to\nsection twenty of the civil service law, provided that the hearing of\nthe tripartite panel shall be expedited so as to avoid delay.\n