2016 New York Laws
NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation
Article 2 - (Not-For-Profit Corporation) CORPORATE PURPOSES AND POWERS
201 - Purposes.

201. Purposes.
(a) A corporation, as defined in paragraph (a) of  102 (Definitions),
  may  be  formed  under  this  chapter  as  a charitable corporation or a
  non-charitable corporation unless it  may  be  formed  under  any  other
  corporate  law  of this state, in which event it may not be formed under
  this chapter unless such other corporate law expressly so provides.
(b) A corporation formed under this chapter on or  after  July  first,
  two  thousand  fourteen  shall  either  be a charitable corporation or a
  non-charitable corporation. Any corporation formed for  both  charitable
  purposes  and  non-charitable  purposes  shall  be  deemed  a charitable
  corporation for purposes  of  this  chapter.  A  type  A  not-for-profit
  corporation  formed  prior to July first, two thousand fourteen shall be
  deemed a non-charitable corporation under this chapter.  Any  submission
  or filing by such corporation to any person or entity shall be deemed to
  have  been  submitted  or filed by a non-charitable corporation, and any
  reference in any such filing or submission referring to  the  status  of
  such  corporation  as a type A corporation shall be deemed to refer to a
  non-charitable corporation.
(c) A type B or C not-for-profit  corporation  formed  prior  to  July
  first,  two  thousand  fourteen shall be deemed a charitable corporation
  for all purposes under this chapter. Any submission or  filing  by  such
  corporation  to  any  person  or  entity  shall  be  deemed to have been
  submitted or filed by a charitable corporation, and any reference in any
  such filing or submission referring to the status of such corporation as
  a type B or type C corporation shall be deemed to refer to a  charitable
  corporation.
(d)  A  type  D not-for-profit corporation formed prior to July first,
  two  thousand  fourteen  for  charitable  purposes  shall  be  deemed  a
  charitable  corporation. Any submission or filing by such corporation to
  any person or entity shall be deemed to have been submitted or filed  by
  a  charitable  corporation,  and  any  reference  in  any such filing or
  submission referring to the status of  such  corporation  as  a  type  D
  corporation  shall  be  deemed to refer to a charitable corporation. Any
  other type D not-for-profit corporations formed prior to July first, two
  thousand fourteen shall be  deemed  a  non-charitable  corporation.  Any
  submission  or  filing by such corporation to any person or entity shall
  be  deemed  to  have  been  submitted  or  filed  by  a   non-charitable
  corporation,  and  any  reference  in  any  such  filing  or  submission
  referring to the status of such corporation  as  a  type  D  corporation
  shall be deemed to refer to a non-charitable corporation.