N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 3955

§ 3955. Assistance to the authority; employees of the authority. 1.\nWith the consent of any public corporation, the authority may use\nagents, employees and facilities thereof, paying to such public\ncorporation its agreed proportion of the compensation or costs.\n 2. Officers and employees of state or county agencies may be\ntransferred to the authority without examination and without loss of any\ncivil service or retirement status or rights. Any officer or employee of\nthe authority who heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire such\nposition status by transfer and who at the time of such transfer was a\nmember of the New York state and local employees' retirement system\nshall continue to be a member of such system as long as he or she\ncontinues in such service, and shall continue to have all the rights,\nprivileges and obligations of membership in such system.\n