N.Y. Exec. Law § 890

* § 890. Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel. The\ndirector, in consultation with the head of the agency concerned and with\nthe approval of the director of the budget, may provide for the\ntemporary assignment or transfer of officers and employees of state\nagencies to the office on a permanent or temporary basis in a manner\nconsistent with and authorized by the civil service law as the director\nof the office may deem necessary to the performance of the functions and\nduties of the office. Employees permanently transferred shall be\ntransferred without further examination or qualification and shall\nretain their respective civil service classification and status. Any\nsuch employee who, at the time of such transfer, has a temporary or\nprovisional appointment shall be transferred subject to the same right\nof removal, examination or termination as though such transfer had not\nbeen made. No existing right or benefit, including retirement benefits\nor remedy of any character, shall be lost, impaired or affected by\nreason of this article. Transfer of employees pursuant to this article\nshall be governed solely and exclusively by the provisions hereof\nnotwithstanding other provisions of the law.\n * NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995\n