NY Gen Const L § 66 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2-A - Classification of Corporations and Definitions 66 - Definitions.

§  66.  Definitions.  1.  A  "public corporation" includes a municipal   corporation, a district corporation, or a public benefit corporation.2. A "municipal corporation" includes a county,  city,  town,  village   and school district.3.  A  "district corporation" includes any territorial division of the   state, other than  a  municipal  corporation,  heretofore  or  hereafter   established  by  law  which possesses the power to contract indebtedness   and levy taxes or benefit assessments upon real estate or to require the   levy of such taxes or  assessments,  whether  or  not  such  territorial   division is expressly declared to be a body corporate and politic by the   statute  creating  or  authorizing  the  creation  of  such  territorial   division.4. A "public  benefit  corporation"  is  a  corporation  organized  to   construct  or  operate  a public improvement wholly or partly within the   state, the profits from which inure to the  benefit  of  this  or  other   states, or to the people thereof.4-a. A "benefit corporation" means a business corporation incorporated   under article seventeen of the business corporation law and whose status   as  a benefit corporation has not been terminated as provided in article   seventeen of the business corporation law.5. A "religious corporation" is either (a)  a  Religious  Corporations   Law  corporation  as  defined  in  section  two  of  such  law  or (b) a   corporation formed under any other general law or by a  special  act  of   this  state  which  is  organized and operated principally for religious   purposes.6.  An  "education  corporation"  is  a  corporation  as  defined   in   subdivision one of section two hundred sixteen-a of the education law.7.  A  "not-for-profit  corporation",  if a domestic corporation, is a   corporation as defined in subparagraph five of paragraph (a) of  section   one hundred two of the not-for-profit corporation law. A "not-for-profit   corporation",  if  formed  under  laws  other  than the statutes of this   state,  is  a  foreign  not-for-profit   corporation   as   defined   in   subparagraph seven of paragraph (a) of such section.8.   A  "business  corporation",  if  a  domestic  corporation,  is  a   corporation as defined in subparagraph four of paragraph (a) of  section   one   hundred   two   of  the  business  corporation  law.  A  "business   corporation", if formed under laws  other  than  the  statutes  of  this   state,  is  a  foreign  business  corporation as defined in subparagraph   seven of paragraph (a) of such section.9. A "moneyed corporation" is a corporation to which the  banking  law   or the insurance law is made applicable by the provisions of such laws.10.  A  "railroad  corporation" is a corporation to which the railroad   law is made applicable by a provision of such law.11. A "transportation corporation"  is  a  corporation  to  which  the   transportation  corporations  law  is  made applicable by a provision of   such law.12.  A  "cooperative  corporation"  is  a  corporation  to  which  the   cooperative  corporations  law is made applicable by a provision of such   law.13. The term "corporation formed other than for profit" includes every   corporation other than a corporation  formed  for  profit  or  a  public   corporation.14. A "domestic corporation" is a corporation incorporated by or under   the  laws of the state or colony of New York. Every corporation which is   not a domestic corporation is a foreign corporation, except as  provided   by  the civil practice law and rules with respect to the construction of   such law and rules. 15. The term "director", when used in relation to corporations,  means   any   member  of  the  governing  board  of  such  corporation,  whether   designated as director, trustee, manager,  governor,  or  by  any  other   title, designated to manage the affairs of a corporation.16.  The term "certificate of incorporation" includes (a) the original   certificate of incorporation or any other  instrument  filed  or  issued   under any statute to form a domestic or foreign corporation, as amended,   supplemented  or  restated  by  certificates  of  amendment,  merger  or   consolidation or other certificates or instruments filed or issued under   any statute; or (b) a special act or  charter  creating  a  domestic  or   foreign corporation, as amended, supplemented or restated.17.  The  term  "member  of a corporation" means one having membership   rights in a  corporation  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  its   certificate of incorporation or by-laws.18.  The  term "office of a corporation" means the office the location   of which is stated in the certificate of  incorporation  of  a  domestic   corporation,   or   in  the  application  for  authority  of  a  foreign   corporation or an amendment thereof. Such office need  not  be  a  place   where business or activities are conducted by such corporation.19. The term "business of a corporation" when used with reference to a   corporation  formed  for  profit means the operations for the conduct of   which the corporation is formed and may constitute "doing  of  business"   or  "transaction of business" as those terms are used in the statutes of   this state.20. The term "conducting of activities" when used with reference to  a   corporation  formed  not for profit means the operations for the conduct   of which  the  corporation  is  formed  and  may  constitute  "doing  of   business"  or  "transaction  of business" as those terms are used in the   statues of this state.21. The term "corporate law" when used in any law  means  the  general   statutes  relating  to corporations included in the consolidated laws of   which this chapter is a part.