On January 22, six New York Assemblymembers introduced A2724, the same bill that was introduced in the State Senate earlier as S1870. The bill lowers the statewide petition for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties from 45,000 to 15,000 signatures. It moves the petition deadline from May to August. It expands the petitioning period from six weeks to twelve weeks. It changes the definition of a qualified party from a group that polled 2% for the office at the top of the ticket, to exactly 50,000 votes.

The sponsors are Ken Blankenbush, Joe Angelino, Joe DeStefano, Brian D. Miller, Michael Novakhov, and Chris Tague. All are Republicans.