New York Laws
Article 2 - General Provisions
15 - Corporations With Governing Authority Over, or Advisory Relations With, Churches or Synods, or Both.

(a) to the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Oecumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople exercised in the Americas and all the territorial
possessions and/or dependencies or protectorates of the United States of

America, by its duly authorized exarch, metropolitan, archbishop or
bishop,
(b) to the jurisdiction of the apostolic Orthodox Patriarchate of
Antioch, exercised in the Americas and all the territorial possessions
and/or dependencies or protectorates of the United States of America, by
its duly authorized exarch, metropolitan, archbishop or bishop,
(c) to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow exercised in the
Americas and all the territorial possessions and/or dependencies or
protectorates of the United States of America, by its duly authorized
exarch, metropolitan, archbishop or bishop,
(d) to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Serbia (Jugoslavia)
exercised in the Americas and all the territorial possessions and/or
dependencies or protectorates of the United States of America, by its
duly authorized exarch, metropolitan, archbishop or bishop.
All other Orthodox Greek Catholic jurisdictions, bishoprics, dioceses
and missions, officially and canonically in communion with and
acknowledged by all four of said primary jurisdictions, if certified by
the secretariat thereof as affiliated with the Federated Orthodox Greek
Catholic Primary Jurisdictions in America, may incorporate or
re-incorporate under this section as affiliates thereof.
4. The trustees of every incorporated governing body of the four
primary jurisdictions, respectively, specified in subdivision three of
this section, or of any of the affiliates of said jurisdictions, shall
consist of the hierarch or ecclesiastical administrator, who shall be
ex-officio president of the corporation, the chancellor of the
archdiocese, the dean of the archdiocesan theological faculty or one of
the members thereof, and the secretary of the archdiocese, who are to be
appointed by said hierarch and to serve at his pleasure and, in
addition, not less than three nor more than nine other persons,
communicants of the Orthodox Church, to be elected by said governing
body or by the diocesan convention; the term of such elective first
trustees shall be one-third for one year, one-third for two years, and
one-third for three years, respectively, and the term of office of their
successors shall be three years.
5. The trustees of every incorporated governing body of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America shall consist of not less than
three nor more than thirty persons. If the constitution or by-laws of
such governing body so provides, the Bishop or president,
vice-president, treasurer and secretary of such governing body shall be
ex-officio trustees of such governing body. The remaining trustees shall
be elected by the annual or other regular convention of such governing
body if it does not meet annually, and shall hold their office for such
term as shall be decided by the said convention. Vacancies in the board
of trustees, occurring by reason of death, resignation or other cause,
may be filled by the remaining trustees as provided in the constitution
and by-laws of such governing body.