N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 342: Reincorporation of existing corporations

§ 342. Reincorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore

incorporated church, to which this article is applicable, may

reincorporate under the provisions of this article by the same procedure

hereinbefore set forth for incorporation substituting, at appropriate

places, the word "reincorporate" for "incorporate" and filing the

certificate of reincorporation in the office of the county clerk in the

county in which its principal place of worship is located. Immediately

upon the filing of such certificate all the right, title, equity and

interest of such corporation in any estate, real or personal, together

with all franchise and charter rights, shall be vested in the

corporation so created under this article, and the original corporation

shall be null and void.