§ 1737. Civil service. 1. a. The authority, for the purpose of administering the state civil service law, shall be deemed to be a municipal commission provided, however, that (i) the authority may elect to delegate the administration of any or all of the provisions of the civil service law, except article fourteen of such law, to the department of personnel of the city of New York with respect to titles established at the authority and which the city has also established and promulgates; (ii) the civil service commission of the city of New York shall exercise on behalf of the authority the powers and duties of review assigned under sections fifty, seventy-two, and seventy-six of the civil service law; and (iii) the New York city office of administrative trials and hearings will be designated the hearing office and shall conduct on behalf of the authority such hearings as are required by sections seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-five and eighty-one of the civil service law.

b. In the event the authority elects to delegate administration of any or all of the provisions of the civil service law pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision, the city department of personnel shall enter into a contract with such authority for the rendition of such services. The authority shall compensate the city of New York for such services only with respect to such services rendered for or on behalf of the authority. If the city of New York and the authority cannot agree on the amount of such compensation, the city comptroller shall determine the fair and reasonable value of such services and the authority shall pay such sum to the city of New York.

2. a. Any person on an eligible list for a position with the city board in effect on the effective date of this title shall continue to hold such position on such list and shall be entitled to the same civil service rights.

b. The authority shall continue to use any new or existing civil service lists promulgated by the city department of personnel until such time as successor titles are established.

3. With respect to persons employed by the city board on the effective date of this section, the authority and the city board shall be deemed to be the same public employer only for purposes of transfer of employment under the civil service law. No civil service right of an employee of the city board employed on the effective date of this title shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of the enactment of this section into law.

4. A tripartite panel shall be established, consisting of one person representing the authority, one person representing the appropriate public employee organization and an impartial person selected by these representatives. This panel shall hear complaints filed by such public employee organization with respect to the creation and classification of new titles and shall render non-binding written recommendations to the public employee organization and the authority prior to the public hearing required of a municipal civil service commission pursuant to § 20 of the civil service law, provided that the hearing of the tripartite panel shall be expedited so as to avoid delay.