N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 266: Time, place and notice of corporate meetings

§ 266. 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 shall be called by the board of

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

request of at least seven 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 presiding officer 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.