The funny thing is, New York technically has a February presidential primary.

In another example of an odd New-York tradition, according to state election law, the primary for presidential electors “shall be held on the first Tuesday in February,” a statute that dates back to 1976, when Sen. Henry M. Jackson — Scoop Jackson to his friends — won the state’s Democratic primary.

If the state were to strictly follow election law, New York would hold its presidential primary on Feb. 4, just a day after the Iowa caucuses, and a full week before New Hampshire voters get their outsize moment in the voting spotlight.

But — and this is a sizable qualifier — the first-Tuesday-in-February primary only happens if it is not “otherwise changed by an act of the Legislature.” And every four years, the Legislature does exactly that, dutifully changing that section of law to set a new date, under advisement from state and national parties.

This year, the Legislature did that in June, with the 2020 presidential primary set for April 28.

Though a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo indicated that the governor would sign the bill, he has yet to do so, feeding fuel to the rumors that perhaps the state would stick with a February primary.

NY1 had reported that the discussions also involved moving the state legislative and congressional primaries — currently scheduled for June — to February, too, a development that would have set off a mad scramble of get-on-the-ballot petitioning for candidates.