N.Y. Education Law § 1701: Boards of education corporate bodies

§ 1701. Boards of education corporate bodies. The board of education

of each union free school district is hereby created a body corporate

and it shall, at its first meeting and at each annual meeting

thereafter, elect one of its members president. It may also, in its

discretion, elect one of its members vice president, who shall have the

power to exercise the duties of the president in case of the absence or

disability of the president. In case of vacancy in the office of

president, the vice president shall act as president until a president

shall be elected. All property which is now vested in, or shall

hereafter be transferred to the board of education of a union free

school district, for the use of schools in the district, shall be held

by them as a corporation.