N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 163: Time, place and notice of corporate meetings

§ 163. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual

corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall

be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and

place be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by its

trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual

meeting. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by

the board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on

the written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church. The

trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual

corporate meeting, and of the names of any trustees whose successors are

to be elected thereat, and if a special meeting, of the business to be

transacted thereat, to be publicly read by the minister of such church

or any trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for public

worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such

meeting.