N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 189-a

§ 189-a. Changing date of annual corporate meetings. Any incorporated\nchurch or society to which this article is applicable, at any annual\nmeeting may change the date of its subsequent annual meetings. If the\ndate fixed for the annual meeting shall be less than six months after\nthe annual meeting at which such change is made, the next annual meeting\nshall be held one year from the date so fixed. For the purpose of\ndetermining the terms of office of trustees and officers, the time\nbetween the annual meeting at which such change is made and the next\nannual meeting thereafter shall be reckoned as one year.\n