2016 New York Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 17 - (Religious Corporations) METHODIST CHURCHES
324 - Amendment of certificate of incorporation.

  324.  Amendment of certificate of incorporation. It shall be lawful
  for any incorporated United Methodist church, by a  two-thirds  vote  of
  the  members  present  and  voting  at a regularly called meeting of the
  corporation, to alter or amend its certificate of incorporation  in  any
  manner  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of this chapter or the
  discipline of The  United  Methodist  church;  and  such  alteration  or
  amendment  shall  become  operative  when  the  amended  certificate  of
  incorporation shall  have  been  executed,  acknowledged  and  filed  as
  provided for in section three hundred twenty-three of this article.