On June 6, bills were introduced in both houses of the New York legislature to set up rules for the 2020 presidential primaries. They are A8176 and S6374. Both bills are identical. Here is the text.

Section four of the bill includes the procedures for the all parties other than the Democratic Party. Delegates do not appear on the primary ballots. Presidential candidates get on by any of these methods: (1) by showing that they have raised at least $5,000 in each of twenty states (whether they choose to take matching funds or not); (2) by being acknowledged as candidates in the media: (3) with a petition which is the lesser of 5,000 signatures of party members, or 5% of the registered voters of that party.

Section three of the bill includes the Democratic Party procedural, which requires presidential candidates to submit 5,000 signatures of party members, and also requires delegate candidates from any particular US House district to submit 500 signatures. New York is the only state in which presidential primary ballot access is more difficult for Democratic presidential candidates than for other presidential candidates. Thanks to Josh Putnam for the news about the bill.