NY Banking L § 248 (2021)
2021 New York Laws BNK - Banking Article 6 - Savings Banks 248 - Removal and Forfeiture of Office of Trustee.

§ 248.  Removal  and forfeiture of office of trustee. 1.  Whenever the conduct and habits of a trustee  are  of  such  a  character  as  to  be injurious to the savings bank, or a trustee has been guilty of acts that are  detrimental or hostile to the interests of the savings bank, he may be removed from office at any regular meeting of the  trustees,  by  the affirmative  vote  of  three-fourths  of  all  the  trustees;  provided, however, that a written copy of the charges made against him shall  have been  served upon him personally at least two weeks before such meeting, that the vote of such trustees shall be entered in  the  record  of  the minutes of such meeting, and that such removal shall receive the written approval  of  the superintendent, which shall be attached to the minutes of such meeting and form a part of the record.   2. The office of a trustee of  a  savings  bank  shall  become  vacant whenever he  (a)  Shall  fail  to comply with any of the provisions of this article relating to his official oath and declaration.  (b) Shall become disqualified for any of the reasons specified in this article.  (c) Shall have failed to attend the regular meetings of the  board  of trustees and also of any committee of the board of which he is a member, for  a  period of six successive months, unless excused by the board for such failure by resolution  adopted  at  the  first  or  second  regular meeting  of  the  board  after  expiration of such six months period and entered upon its minutes; provided, however,  that  a  trustee  who  has forfeited  or  vacated  his  office  by reason of such failure to attend meetings shall not be eligible for re-election until the  expiration  of one  year  from  the  date  of the first regular meeting of the board at which a resolution could have been adopted by it, as herein provided, to excuse such failure. A copy of such resolution shall be  transmitted  to the  superintendent  by  the  savings  bank  within  five days after its adoption.  (d) Shall violate any of  the  provisions  of  this  article  imposing restrictions upon trustees and officers.  (e)  Shall  reach  the mandatory retirement age, if any, prescribed in the by-laws of the savings bank.   3. A trustee who has forfeited or vacated  his  office  shall  not  be eligible for re-election, except when the forfeiture or vacancy occurred solely by reason of his  (a)  Failure to comply with the provisions of this article relating to his official oath and declaration; or  (b) Failure to attend the regular meetings of the board of trustees or neglect of his  official  duties  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision two of this section; or  (c)  Disqualification  through  becoming a non-resident, or becoming a trustee, officer or employee of another  savings  bank,  or  becoming  a director or trustee of a bank, trust company, national bank, mortgage or title company and such disqualification shall have been removed.  (d)  Resignation  while free of any of the disqualifications specified in this article.