§ 3162. Existing rights and remedies preserved. Upon the transfer
pursuant to section thirty-one hundred fifty-six of this title of the
functions and powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties
of the New York state office of science, technology and academic
research as established pursuant to article ten-B of the executive law
to the foundation as prescribed by section thirty-one hundred fifty-six
of this title, no existing right or remedy of the state, including the
New York state office of science, technology and academic research,
shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this title.