N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 207: The number of trustees of Jewish congregations and voting by proxy at certain meetings thereof

§ 207. The number of trustees of Jewish congregations and voting by

proxy at certain meetings thereof. A congregation of the Jewish faith

may at any general or special corporate meeting thereof change the

number of its trustees to not more than seventy-two and classify them so

that the terms of one-third shall expire each year and the trustees

elected shall hold office for three years. Whenever the number of

trustees in office is less than the number determined on, sufficient

additional trustees shall be elected to make the total number of

trustees equal to the number determined on. The additional trustees so

to be elected shall be classified and hold office for such terms, not

exceeding three years each, so that the terms of one-third of the total

number of trustees shall expire each year, and thereafter for a term of

three years each. The right of the members of such congregation to vote

at meetings thereof shall be fixed by its by-laws, but every member of

such congregation entitled to vote at any meeting thereof may vote by

proxy on any proposition to sell, mortgage or lease any of its property

or for its consolidation with one or more other religious corporations

of the Jewish faith, or, in a city having a population of one million or

more according to the latest federal census, in any election of trustees

or officers. Every proxy must be executed in writing by the member

conferring the same and shall not be given to any person other than a

member of the congregation. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration

of one year from the date of its execution. Every proxy shall be

revocable at the pleasure of the person executing it.