Opn. No.

Paul R. White, Esq. Office of Mental Health

This letter is in response to your request for an opinion as to whether certain C.E.T.A. workers are State employees for purposes of §17 of the Public Officers Law. You state that the C.E.T.A. workers involved are all subject to the direction and control of State personnel and are regularly engaged in carrying out the functions of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, but that some of them are on the payroll of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center while others are paid by either the City of Buffalo or the County of Erie.

There are four elements which are…