§ 643. Collective negotiation. 1. The city of New York collective
bargaining law shall apply to the trust.

2. For the purpose of article fourteen of the civil service law and
the New York city collective bargaining law, as applicable, the trust,
acting by and through its president, shall be deemed to be the public
employer and as such shall negotiate with and enter into written
agreements with employee organizations representing the staff of the
trust that have been certified or recognized in accordance with
applicable law. In carrying on such negotiations, the president of the
trust may consult with and seek assistance from the city office of labor
relations and NYCHA. The president of the trust shall consult with the
appropriate public employee organization on the establishment of, and
bargain all terms and conditions of, any new titles established for the
trust which have a community of interest with titles already represented
by the public employee organization which presently has representation
rights for those titles for NYCHA or for the city. Any such titles for
which terms and conditions are bargained pursuant to this subdivision
shall be deemed to be successor titles within the meaning of applicable
law and, so long as the responsibilities of employees in these titles
are reasonably related to the responsibilities of employees currently
represented by a public employee organization, shall be accreted to the
appropriate bargaining certificates for which such public employee
organization shall be voluntarily recognized as the bargaining agent
under procedures acceptable to the office of collective bargaining.