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2016 New York Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 9 - (Religious Corporations) FREE CHURCHES
183 - Seats and pews to be free.

NY Rel Corps L § 183 (2016) What's This?
  183. Seats and pews to be free. The seats and pews in every church,
  building or edifice, owned or  occupied  by  any  corporation  organized
  under  this  article,  shall be forever free for the occupation and use,
  during public worship, of all persons choosing to occupy the  same,  and
  conducting  themselves  with  propriety, and no rent, charge or exaction
  shall ever be made or demanded for such occupation or use.

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