N.Y. Banking Law § 398-C
1. If the organization certificate or the by-laws so provide, the board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, may designate from among its members an executive committee consisting of at least five directors and other committees each consisting of two or more directors, officers or other persons, not including alternate members, but not less than may otherwise be required by this chapter nor differing in composition from any requirement of this chapter, and each of which, shall have such authority as may be provided in the resolution or in the organization certificate or by-laws or under this chapter, except that no such committee shall have authority as to the following matters: