N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 46

§ 46. Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of\nwardens and vestrymen. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal parish\nheretofore incorporated shall by resolution recommend that the\nqualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen\nbe changed to conform in both cases to the requirements of section\nforty-three of this chapter, notice of such recommendation shall be\nincluded in the notice of the next annual election of such parish, and\nbe submitted to the meeting. If such recommendation be ratified by such\nmeeting the presiding officer thereof and at least two qualified voters\npresent thereat shall execute and acknowledge a certificate setting\nforth such resolution of the vestry, the fact that notice thereof had\nbeen given with the notice of such annual election, and that the meeting\nhad ratified the same. Such certificate shall be filed in the office of\nthe clerk of the county in which the original certificate of\nincorporation is filed and recorded.\n