N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 466: Certificate of incorporation

§ 466. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for

incorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall

become incorporated, the presiding officer of the meeting and two others

shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, in which

shall be stated the name or title by which such body shall be known in

the law; the purpose of its organization; the names and addresses of the

initial trustees, the county, town or city in which its principal place

of worship is or is intended to be located; and a statement that the

church is in affiliation with the Hindu faith.

2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the

county in which the principal office or place of worship of the

corporation is or is intended to be located, such church shall be a

corporation by the name stated in the certificate of incorporation.