2006 New York Code - Government Of Incorporated Coptic Orthodox Churches.

 
    § 454. Government of Incorporated Coptic Orthodox Churches. The bishop
  of  the  Coptic  Orthodox  Diocese  in  which the place of worship of an
  incorporated Coptic Orthodox Church is located  and  his  successors  in
  office  shall,  by  virtue of his office, be a trustee of such a church.
  Two or more persons selected by the bishop from among  the  priests  and
  deacons  of  such  a  church in the manner provided from time to time by
  rules and regulations of the  Coptic  Orthodox  Church  adopted  by  the
  Synodical Committee for the Coptic Churches in Immigration shall also be
  trustees  of  such  incorporated  church,  and the bishop and other such
  persons shall together constitute the board  of  trustees  thereof.  The
  bishop  and other persons signing the certificate of incorporation shall
  be the trustees of such a church for  the  first  year  or  until  their
  successors  are  selected  according to the rules, statutes, regulations
  and usages of the  Coptic  Orthodox  Church  adopted  by  the  Synodical
  Committee  for the Coptic Churches in Immigration. The trustees of every
  Coptic Orthodox Church  shall  have  the  custody  and  control  of  all
  temporalities  and  property,  real  and  personal,  belonging to such a
  church and of the revenues therefrom and shall administer  the  same  in
  accordance  with  the  rules,  statutes,  regulations  and usages of the
  Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria adopted by Synodical Committee  for
  the  Coptic  Churches  in Immigration, provided, however, that no act or
  proceeding of the trustees of any  such  incorporated  church  shall  be
  valid  without  the  approval of the bishop of said diocese in which the
  place of worship of such a church is located, or in case of his  absence
  or inability to act, without the approval of the vicar of such diocese.