NY Soc Serv L § 74-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 3-A - Integration of Local Public Welfare Administration 74-I - Transfer of Personnel; County, City and Town.

§  74-i.    Transfer  of  personnel; county, city and town.  1.  When,   pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or  of  any  other  law,  the   functions,  powers  and  duties  exercised  by  a  city  or  town in the   administration  of  public  assistance  and  care,  are  transferred  or   assigned,  in whole or in part, to a county, provision shall be made for   the county to employ so much of the staff employed by such city or  town   in  the administration and execution of the functions, powers and duties   so  transferred  or  assigned  as  may  be  practicable  and  necessary.   Officers  and employees shall be transferred without further examination   or qualification and they shall retain their  respective  civil  service   classification and status provided that, in determining the officers and   employees  to  be  transferred  to a county, such officers and employees   shall be selected within each grade of each class of  positions  in  the   order  of their original appointment in the service of the city or town,   as the case may be.  Officers and employees in the competitive class  of   the  civil  service  of  the city or town who are not transferred to the   county shall have their names entered  upon  appropriate  city  or  town   preferred  lists,  as the case may be, pursuant to section thirty-one of   the civil service law.   Temporary  and  provisional  employees  may  be   transferred  and  shall,  thereafter, be subject to such examinations as   are required by law.  If the functions transferred are retransferred  in   accordance  with  the  provisions of this chapter, upon such retransfer,   the officers or employees who were transferred and who are  employed  by   the   county   on   the  date  of  such  retransfer  shall  likewise  be   retransferred; and,  thereafter,  they  shall  be  deemed  officers  and   employees   of  the  city  or  town  from  which  they  were  originally   transferred, and they shall retain their civil  service  status,  rights   and privileges.2.    When, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the functions,   powers and duties exercised by a county in the administration of  public   assistance and care are transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, to   a  city, or are assumed in part by a city or town which elects, pursuant   to this chapter or any other law, to constitute itself a public  welfare   district, provision shall be made for the city or town to employ so much   of the staff employed by such county in the administration and execution   of  the functions, powers and duties so transferred, assigned or assumed   as may be practicable and necessary.   Officers and employees  shall  be   transferred  without further examination or qualification and they shall   retain their respective civil service classification and status provided   that, in determining the officers and employees to be transferred to the   city or town, such officers and employees shall be selected within  each   grade  of  each  class  of  positions  in  the  order  of their original   appointment in the service of the county.  Officers and employees in the   competitive class of the  civil  service  of  the  county  who  are  not   transferred  to  the  city  or  town shall have their names entered upon   appropriate county preferred lists, pursuant to  section  thirty-one  of   the  civil  service  law.    Temporary  and provisional employees may be   transferred and shall, thereafter, be subject to  such  examinations  as   are  required by law.  If the functions transferred are retransferred in   accordance with the provisions of this chapter,  upon  such  retransfer,   the  officers  and employees who are transferred and who are employed by   the city on the date of such retransfer shall likewise be retransferred;   and, thereafter, they shall be deemed  officers  and  employees  of  the   county,  and  they  shall  retain their civil service status, rights and   privileges.