N.Y. BNK Law § 6008
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Quorum of stockholders
Official statutory text
§ 6008. Quorum of stockholders. 1. The holders of a majority of the\nshares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting\nof stockholders for the transaction of any business, provided that when\na specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or\nseries, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the shares of\nsuch class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of\nsuch specified item of business.\n 2. The organization certificate or by-laws may provide for any lesser\nquorum not less than one-third of the shares entitled to vote, and the\norganization certificate may, under section six thousand sixteen,\nprovide for a greater quorum.\n 3. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not\nbroken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.\n 4. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the\nabsence of a quorum.\n
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