2016 New York Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 3-B - (Religious Corporations) PARISHES OR CHURCHES OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
50-KK - Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation.

  50-kk.  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
  archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod
  Holy Orthodox Church in America, 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 Holy Orthodox Church in America, subject to  the
  archbishop and Metropolitan Synod.