Section 1140.
§ 1140. Relation of this charter to existing law. It is the purpose
and intent of this charter to set forth the structure of the city
government and the manner in which it is to operate, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter six hundred thirty-four of the laws of
nineteen hundred seventy-two, as amended, and to continue in force all
provisions of the New York City Charter adopted on November seventh,
nineteen hundred sixty-one, as amended, and all other provisions of law
affecting the city and the counties within the city, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this charter, in force at the time when this
charter shall take effect, until repealed or amended or until continued
in the revision, simplification, consolidation, codification,
restatement and annotation of the administrative code of the City of New
York.
Section 1141.
§ 1141. Rights of officers and employees preserved. Nothing in this
charter contained shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of
officers or employees of the city or of any agency existing at the time
when this charter shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at
the time when this charter shall take effect and not inconsistent with
the provisions of this charter, in relation to the personnel,
appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal,
pension and retirement rights, civil rights or any other rights or
privileges of officers or employees of the city generally or officers or
employees of any agency.
Section 1142.
§ 1142. Continuity of powers and duties. Any agency or officer to
whom are assigned by this charter any powers and duties shall exercise
such powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the agency
or officer by which the same were heretofore exercised and shall have
power to continue any business, proceeding or other matter commenced by
the agency or officer by which such powers and duties were heretofore
exercised. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant
or other document relating to the subject-matter of such powers or
duties and applicable to the agency or officer formerly exercising such
powers and duties shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions
of this charter, apply to the agency or officer to which such powers and
duties are assigned by this charter.
Section 1143.
§ 1143. Transfer of officers and employees in case of transfer of
functions. Wherever by any provision of this charter functions, powers
or duties are assigned to any agency or officer which have been
heretofore exercised by any other agency or officer, all officers and
employees in the classified municipal civil service who at the time when
such charter provisions shall take effect are engaged in the performance
of such functions, powers or duties shall be transferred to the agency
to which such functions, powers or duties are assigned by this charter,
without examination and without affecting existing compensation or
pension or retirement rights, privileges or obligations of such officers
and employees.
Section 1144.
§ 1144. Transfer of records and property. All records, property and
equipment whatsoever of any agency or part thereof, all the powers and
duties of which are assigned to any other agency by this charter, shall
be transferred and delivered to the agency to which such powers and
duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any agency
or part thereof are by this charter assigned to another agency, all
records, property and equipment relating thereto shall be transferred
and delivered to the agency to which such powers and duties are so
assigned.
Section 1145.
§ 1145. Continuity of agencies. a. Any agency provided for in this
charter with a name the same or substantially the same as that of an
agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such
agency heretofore existing and shall exercise its powers and duties in
continuation of their exercise by the agency by which the same were
heretofore exercised and shall have power to continue any business,
proceeding or other matter commenced by the agency by which such powers
and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provision in any law, rule,
regulation, contract, grant or other document relating to such formerly
existing agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of
this charter, apply to such agency provided for by this charter.
* b. The commissioner of finance shall have and exercise all the
functions, powers and duties exercised by the treasurer and all the
functions, powers and duties exercised by the comptroller in respect of
excise and non-property taxes prior to the first day of January,
nineteen hundred sixty-three.
* NB This subdivision was removed by general election and revived by
amendment in L.L. 28/76 § 9
* c. The commissioner of finance shall have and exercise all the
functions, powers and duties exercised by the tax department prior to
the first day of January, nineteen hundred sixty-three other than the
function, power and duty to hear and determine applications for the
correction of assessments on real property and for the exemption of such
property from taxation.
* NB This subdivision was removed by general election and revived by
amendment in L.L. 28/76 § 9
Section 1146.
§ 1146. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding,
civil or criminal, pending at the time when this charter shall take
effect, brought by or against the city or any agency or officer, shall
be affected or abated by the adoption of this charter or by anything
therein contained; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued
notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any agency or
officer party thereto may by this charter be assigned or transferred to
another agency or officer, but in that event the same may be prosecuted
or defended by the head of the agency to which such functions, powers
and duties have been assigned or transferred by this charter.
Section 1147.
§ 1147. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or
remedy of any character shall be lost or impaired or affected by reason
of the adoption of this charter.