N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 184

§ 184. Application of this article. This article applies only to\nChurches of Christ, Scientist and Christian Science Societies, which are\nbranches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,\nMassachusetts. Any such church or society heretofore incorporated shall\nhereafter be governed by the provisions of this article so far as\napplicable except that no person, who shall, when this article takes\neffect, be a duly qualified voter in any such previously incorporated\nchurch or society, shall be deprived of the right to vote at its\ncorporate meetings by any provision of this article.\n