NY Rel Corps L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 11 - Union Churches 221 - Government of Incorporated Union Churches.

§  221. Government of incorporated union churches. Any union church or   society having a common place of worship or holding  property  belonging   jointly  to the several societies composing the same, but the sole right   of occupancy of which is reserved to each of them in proportion to their   interest in such property, or the  money  originally  paid  therefor  by   each,  or  in accordance with their plan of union agreed on, may, if any   one or more of the churches or societies comprising such union church or   society has ceased to exist, on the request of such  remaining  churches   or  society,  redistribute  and  divide the time of occupancy among such   remaining  societies  in  proportion  to  their  contributions  to  such   property  respectively, or in accordance with a new plan of union agreed   on by them. Such redistribution shall be made by the  trustees  of  said   union  church  or society on written notice to the societies which it is   alleged have ceased to exist; but no such society  shall  be  deemed  to   have  ceased  to exist unless it has failed or neglected for a period of   five consecutive years next preceding such request  for  redistribution,   to  hold  meetings  and  have  a  clerk or secretary, and keep a list or   registry of its members, or to  have  preaching,  prayer  or  conference   meetings,  or other religious services in keeping with the usages of the   denomination to which it belongs.Any one of the societies composing a union church  or  society,  which   shall have built a church edifice in the same village or neighborhood in   which it holds its religious services, shall not thereby lose or forfeit   in  any  way  any of its rights or privileges in such union society, and   the maintaining of divine worship, or contributing to its support in its   own building, shall be regarded the same as if it held its  meetings  in   the  church  building of such union society. Any notice for the election   of trustees of the union society or for any other purpose which the  law   requires  to be read or given at the time of divine service, may be read   or given in the church edifice so built by any one of such societies, if   at the time religious services are not held in  the  church  edifice  of   such  union society. But such notice must be posted on the outer door of   such union church edifice at least fifteen days before the  meeting.  If   any  society  composing  any  such church union or society has a greater   interest in the occupancy of the church building than others, unless the   several churches composing the  union  church  or  society  have  agreed   otherwise,  the  number of trustees shall be odd, and the trustees shall   be elected  from  such  societies  in  proportion  to  their  respective   interests  in  the  union,  church  or society, as nearly as may be. Any   society composing such union church or  society,  which  has  built  for   itself  a  church edifice and become incorporated, may sell its interest   and right of occupancy in such union society, and convey the same,  when   authorized so to do by a two-thirds vote of the voters thereof qualified   to  vote  for  union  trustees,  at  a  special  meeting called for that   purpose. The proceeds of such sale shall be used for the benefit of  its   church property.