In New
York all not for profits need to secure the approval of
a Supreme Court justice for the sale of real estate at least if it is a
major asset. For reasons that are now obscure, New York allows religious corporations to incorporate
either under the religious corporation law or the
A church could not incorporate under the
former Membership Corporations Law, the predecessor to the current
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law in New York; it could incorporate only under the
Religious Corporations Law. The Not-for-Profit Corporation Law introduced the concept
of type to New
