New York Consolidated Laws, Religious Corporations Law - RCO § 342. Reincorporation of existing corporations

Any heretofore incorporated church, to which this article is applicable, may reincorporate under the provisions of this article by the same procedure hereinbefore set forth for incorporation substituting, at appropriate places, the word “reincorporate” for “incorporate” and filing the certificate of reincorporation in the office of the county clerk in the county in which its principal place of worship is located. Immediately upon the filing of such certificate all the right, title, equity and interest of such corporation in any estate, real or personal, together with all franchise and charter rights, shall be vested in the corporation so created under this article, and the original corporation shall be null and void.