N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 304

§ 304. Statutory designation of secretary of state as agent for\nservice of process.\n (a) The secretary of state shall be the agent of every domestic\ncorporation and every authorized foreign corporation upon whom process\nagainst the corporation may be served.\n (b) No domestic or foreign corporation may be formed or authorized to\ndo business in this state under this chapter unless in its certificate\nof incorporation or application for authority it designates the\nsecretary of state as such agent.\n (c) Any designation by a domestic or a foreign corporation of the\nsecretary of state as such agent, which designation is in effect on the\neffective date of this chapter, shall continue. Every domestic or\nforeign corporation, existing or authorized on the effective date of\nthis chapter, which has not designated the secretary of state as such\nagent, shall be deemed to have done so. Any designation prior to the\neffective date of this chapter by a foreign corporation of an agent\nother than the secretary of state shall terminate on the effective date\nof this chapter.\n (d) Any designated post-office address to which the secretary of state\nshall mail a copy of process served upon him as agent of a domestic\ncorporation or a foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing of\na certificate under this chapter directing the mailing to a different\npost-office address.\n