N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 23: Powers of churches created by special laws

§ 23. Powers of churches created by special laws. If a church be

incorporated by special law, it and its trustees shall have, in addition

to the powers conferred on it by such law, all the powers and privileges

conferred on incorporated churches and the trustees thereof respectively

by the provisions of this article, and also all the powers and

privileges conferred by this chapter on churches of the same

denomination or of the like character, and on the trustees thereof

respectively.