N.Y. Arts & Cult. Aff. Law § 20.37
Any agency or department of the state, of the county or of any municipality may render such services to a trust as may be requested by the trust. Upon request of a trust, any such agency or department is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the trust such officers and employees as the trust may deem necessary from time to time to assist the trust in carrying out its functions. Officers and employees so transferred shall not lose their civil service status or rights. A trust may enter into an agreement to pay, or cause to be paid by means which may include an agreement with a participating cultural institution or not-for-profit cultural organization, a developer or an owner, compensation to the state, a county or a municipality for services rendered to the trust.
N.Y. Arts and Cult. Aff. Law § 20.37