N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 170: Election and salary of ministers

§ 170. Election and salary of ministers. The ministers of any such

church shall be called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed,

only by the vote of a majority of the members of such corporation duly

qualified to vote at elections present and voting at a meeting of such

corporation specially called for that purpose, in the manner

hereinbefore provided for the call of special meetings; and any such

corporation may, by its by-laws, make the call, settlement or removal of

its ministers dependent upon a concurrent vote of the unincorporated

church connected with such corporation; and in that case the concurrence

of a majority of the members of such unincorporated church, present and

voting at a meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be necessary

to the call, settlement or removal of such ministers.