New York Laws
Article 19 - Foreign Trade Zone Authority
975 - Town of Islip Foreign Trade Zone Authority.

(a) the town and county will not limit or alter the rights hereby
vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct,
and operate any project or projects, to establish and collect rentals,
fees and other charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made
with the holders of the bonds and notes, or in any way impair the rights
and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders, until the bonds or
notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid
installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with
any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders or
noteholders, are fully met and discharged; and
(b) no facilities except those acquired, constructed and operated by
the authority created herein shall be acquired, constructed and operated
for foreign trade zone purposes by the town or county or by any public
benefit or other corporation whose members, or any member, are elected
or appointed by the town board of the town of Islip until the bonds or
notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid
installment of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with
any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders or
noteholders are fully met and discharged.
2. Any public officer or employee of the town of Islip or county of
Suffolk, selected by the authority may, with the consent of the
municipality, by which he or she has been employed, be transferred to
the authority and shall be eligible for such transfer to the authority.

The salary or compensation of any such officer or employee shall, after
such transfer, be paid and fixed by the authority. Any such officers or
employees so transferred to the authority pursuant to the provisions of
this section, who are members of or beneficiaries under an existing
pension or retirement system, shall continue to have all rights,
privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund system or
systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of their
employment by the authority, all contributions to a pension or
retirement system to be paid by the employer on account of such officers
or employees, shall be paid by the authority.