N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 199: Vacancies among trustees

§ 199. Vacancies among trustees. If any trustee of an incorporated

church to which this article is applicable, declines to act, resigns or

dies, or having been a member of such church, ceases to be such member,

or not having been a member of such church, ceases to be a qualified

voter at a corporate meeting thereof, his office shall be vacant, and

such vacancy may be filled by the remaining trustees until the next

annual corporate meeting of such church, at which meeting the vacancy

shall be filled for the unexpired term.