2006 New York Code - Conveyance Of Property For Church, School Or Missionary Purposes.

 
    §  333.  Conveyance  of  property  for  church,  school  or missionary
  purposes. Any church or society of The United Methodist  Church  created
  by  or  existing  under  the  laws  of the state of New York, having its
  principal office or place of worship in the state of New York, or  whose
  place  of worship was within the state of New York, is hereby authorized
  and empowered by the concurrent vote  of  two-thirds  of  its  qualified
  voters  present  and  voting therefor, at a meeting regularly called for
  that purpose, and of two-thirds of all its trustees and by  the  written
  consent  of  the  resident  bishop  and  the district superintendent, to
  direct the transfer and conveyance of  any  of  its  property,  real  or
  personal,  which  it now has or may hereafter acquire, to any religious,
  charitable or missionary corporation connected with The United Methodist
  denomination and incorporated by or organized under any law of the state
  of New York, either solely, or among other  purposes,  to  establish  or
  maintain,  or to assist in establishing or maintaining churches, schools
  or mission stations, or to erect or  assist  in  the  erection  of  such
  buildings as may be necessary for any such purposes, with or without the
  payment  of  any  money  or  other consideration therefor; and upon such
  concurrent votes being given, the trustees shall execute  such  transfer
  or  conveyance;  and  upon  the  same  being  made, the title to and the
  ownership and right of possession of the  property  so  transferred  and
  conveyed  shall  be  vested  in  and conveyed to such grantee; provided,
  however, that nothing herein contained shall impair or affect in any way
  any existing claim or  lien  against  any  property  so  transferred  or
  conveyed,  or  any  action at law or legal proceeding; and such transfer
  shall be subject, in respect to the amount of property the said  grantee
  may  take and hold, to the restrictions and limitations of all laws then
  in force.