N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 49

§ 49. Eligibility of certain minors as lay delegates and to vote and\nhold office. Whenever the constitution or canons of a diocese of the\nProtestant Episcopal church in the state of New York so permits, persons\nof less than full age but of the age of eighteen years or more shall be\neligible to serve as lay delegates to and to vote at any convention of\nthe diocese, when duly chosen by the parish or mission and shall also be\neligible for election to or appointment to any lay office of the\ndiocese.\n