§ 2546. Employees of the corporation. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this act, the appointment and promotion of all employees of and for the corporation shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the city civil service commission and the compensation for such employees shall be fixed by the corporation.

2. The city and the corporation shall have the power to provide for the transfer to the corporation of agents, employees and facilities of the city to enable the corporation to fulfill its corporate purposes. Employees of the city to be transferred to the corporation pursuant to this title shall be automatically appointed and transferred to the corporation in the same or equivalent classification and position they hold at the time of the transfer. The corporation, its officers and employees, shall be subject to article fourteen of the civil service law and for all purposes the corporation shall be deemed "public employer", provided, however, that chapter fifty-four of the New York city charter and administrative code of the city of New York and executive orders number fifty-two, dated September twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended, promulgated by the mayor, shall apply in all respects to the corporation, its officers and employees except that paragraph seven and paragraph eight of said executive order shall not be applicable to the corporation, its officers and employees. Employees who are members or beneficiaries of any existing pension or retirement system shall continue to have such rights, privileges, obligations or status with respect to such system as are prescribed by law on the date this title takes effect, and all such employees who have been appointed to positions in city service in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law under the rules of the city civil service commission shall have the same status with respect thereto in the service of the corporation as they had in city service.