New York Laws
Title 7 - Directors and Officers
7002 - Number of Directors; Definition of "Entire Board".

(b) The number of directors constituting the entire board shall be not
less than five nor more than thirteen in the case of a safe deposit
company, and not less than five in the case of an investment company.
2. If the organization certificate does not specify the number of
directors, the by-laws may prescribe the manner in which the number is
to be determined and the manner in which the number may be changed
within the maximum and minimum limitations prescribed in the
organization certificate or an amendment thereof.
3. As used in this article, the term "entire board" means the total
number of directors which a corporation would have if there were no
vacancies.