2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 3-C - (51-A - 54-A) PARISHES OR CHURCHES OF THE AMERICAN PATRIARCHAL ORTHODOX CHURCH
54-A - Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation.

 
    §  54-a.  Rector;  vicar;  ministers;  their  appointment, removal and
  compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,
  by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language,  shall  be
  called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of
  a  majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at
  elections  present  and  voting  at  a  meeting  of   such   corporation
  specifically  called  for  that  purpose,  subject to the consent of the
  ecclesiastical administrator of Patriarchal Synod, given in writing.   A
  rector  or  vicar  or other minister so called, with the sanction of the
  archbishop in writing,  shall  be  deemed  settled  definitely  in  such
  church,  when  he  has  accepted  such  call in writing. Unless there is
  sufficient cause to terminate the relationship  of  such  clergyman  and
  such  church  such  relationship  shall be deemed permanent and governed
  entirely by the rules and usages of the  American  Patriarchal  Orthodox
  Church, subject to the patriarch.