N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 266

§ 266. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall\nbe held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and\nplace be so fixed then at a time and place to be first fixed by its\ntrustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual\nmeeting. A special corporate meeting shall be called by the board of\ntrustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on the written\nrequest of at least seven qualified voters of such church. The trustees\nshall cause notice of the time and place of its annual corporate\nmeeting, and of the names of any trustees whose successors are to be\nelected thereat, and if a special meeting, of the business to be\ntransacted thereat, to be publicly read by the presiding officer of such\nchurch or any trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for\npublic worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such\nmeeting.\n