N.Y. Relig. Corp. Law § 204-B
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, the two denominations known as the church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church having united under the name of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, all existing corporations, institutions, unincorporated boards, societies, associations, churches or administrative agencies formerly affiliated either with the church of the United Brethren in Christ or the Evangelical Church, and all societies, conferences, boards, associations, corporations or organizations directly connected therewith or subsidiary thereto, shall be known as the Evangelical United Brethren Church or an affiliate thereof and all such churches, corporations, unincorporated associations, and other organizations shall hereafter be known by such names as changed and amended by this section.
The changes in names provided for by this section shall not in any respect change the identity of or affect, abate, defeat, alter or amend any of the rights, privileges, powers, property, rights, obligations, liabilities, or duties of any of said churches, corporations, organizations, or unincorporated associations aforesaid, all of which shall remain in full force and effect as though their respective names had not been so changed.
All churches, corporations, organizations, or unincorporated associations using the changed names as provided in this section shall continue to have and be possessed of all the interest, property, and rights to which they are or may become entitled under their former corporate names or other respective designations.
N.Y. Relig. Corp. Law § 204-B