N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 225-g

§ 225-g. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated church may, at\nits annual meeting where trustees are elected, by vote change the number\nof its trustees to three, six or nine by adding more trustees, one-third\nof which shall be elected for three years, one-third for two years, and\none-third for one year; or by voting to discontinue the offices of\ncertain specified trustees as they expire, one-third of said offices to\nbe discontinued each year, until the number left is the number decided\nupon. Such changes in the board of trustees shall always provide that at\nleast two-thirds of the trustees shall be members in full connection of\nthe free Methodist church in good and regular standing. No such change\nshall affect the terms of the trustees then in office, but each shall\nhold office until his full term has expired, unless his office is\nterminated according to section two hundred and twenty-five-h of this\narticle.\n