In re the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Children

OPINION OF THE COURT

Vincent R. Balletta, J.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of the *272County of Nassau, Inc. (hereinafter the applicant) has brought the instant motion seeking an order dispensing with the approval of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (hereinafter the New York SPCC) and a further order approving the applicant’s certificate of incorporation.

The statutory authority providing for the incorporation of a society for the prevention of cruelty to children (SPCC) is contained in the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law (N-PCL). Pursuant to that…