N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 12

§ 12. Marriage, how solemnized. No particular form or ceremony is\nrequired when a marriage is solemnized as herein provided by a clergyman\nor magistrate, but the parties must solemnly declare in the presence of\na clergyman or magistrate and the attending witness or witnesses that\nthey take each other as husband and wife. In every case, at least one\nwitness beside the clergyman or magistrate must be present at the\nceremony.\n The preceding provisions of this chapter, so far as they relate to the\nmanner of solemnizing marriages, shall not affect marriages among the\npeople called friends or quakers; nor marriages among the people of any\nother denominations having as such any particular mode of solemnizing\nmarriages; but such marriages must be solemnized in the manner\nheretofore used and practiced in their respective societies or\ndenominations, and marriages so solemnized shall be as valid as if this\narticle had not been enacted.\n