N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 335: Powers of certain existing corporations to conform charter to article

§ 335. Powers of certain existing corporations to conform charter to

article. A corporation heretofore created in this state by special act

or under general law for purposes for which a corporation may be created

under this article and other applicable provisions of this chapter, may,

by the procedure herein provided, amend its charter or certificate of

incorporation to conform to the provisions of this article with the same

corporate name and for the same corporate purposes and any additional

purposes permitted by this article; but such amendment shall not affect

then existing property rights or liabilities.