§ 33. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of
any board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the
authority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service examination
with reference to the position they then hold, may be transferred with
the consent of such board or department to the authority, and shall be
eligible for such transfer and appointment, without examination, and
their salaries or compensation shall, during the effective period of
such transfer, be paid by the authority. The officers and employees of
such municipality transferred to the authority pursuant to the
provisions of this section, who are members or beneficiaries of any
existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have the
rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such system
or systems, but during the period of their employment by the authority
all contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system on account
of such officers or employees which would, except for such transfer,
have been paid by such municipality, shall be paid by the authority; and
all such employees shall have the same status with respect to their
positions after transfer to the authority as they had under their
original appointments. Any employee so transferred may be removed by the
authority in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law.

In addition to the right of reinstatement that such persons so
transferred shall have pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-one
of the civil service law under the circumstances, and in the cases
provided in said section, such person shall have the right of
reinstatement pursuant to said section not only in the service of the
authority but also in the service from which such person was
transferred.