N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 331: Control of trustees by corporate meetings

§ 331. Control of trustees by corporate meetings. A corporate meeting

of an incorporated United Methodist church, whose trustees are elective

as such, may give directions, not inconsistent with law or with the

discipline of The United Methodist Church, as to the manner in which any

of the temporal affairs of the church shall be administered by the

trustees thereof; and such directions shall be followed by the trustees.