N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 42-a: Additional powers of the corporate trustees and vestry

§ 42-a. Additional powers of the corporate trustees and vestry.

Notwithstanding and in addition to the provisions of section five of

this chapter, and subject always to the trust in which all real and

personal property is held for the Protestant Episcopal Church and the

Diocese thereof in which the parish, mission or congregation is located,

the vestry or trustees of any incorporated Protestant Episcopal parish

or church, the trustees of every incorporated governing body of the

Protestant Episcopal Church and each diocese are authorized to

administer the temporalities and property, real and personal, belonging

to the corporation, for the support and maintenance of the corporation

and, provided it is in accordance with the discipline, rules and usages

of the Protestant Episcopal Church and with the provisions of law

relating thereto, for the support and maintenance of other religious,

charitable, benevolent or educational objects whether or not conducted

by the corporation or in connection with it or with the Protestant

Episcopal Church.