New York does not take into account if you changed your license or not when defining a resident for tax purpose. You are a New York resident if the following is true. You may be a part-time resident. See the link below.You're a New York State resident for income tax purposes if: your domicile is New York State ORyour domicile is not New York State but you maintain a permanent place of abode in New York State for more than 11 months of the year and spend 184 days or more in New York State during the tax year.You can only have one domicile. Your New York domicile does not change until you can demonstrate that you have abandoned your New York domicile and established a new domicile outside New York State.New York definitions of resident, nonresident, etc.; https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/pit_definitions.htm#resident If you have more questions about this, ask in the comment box below.

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I moved to NY in 2018 but I never changed my license or any other documents. I worked the whole year in NY so would I file under one state or two?

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New York does not take into account if you changed your license or not when defining a resident for tax purpose. You are a New York resident if the following is true. You may be a part-time resident. See the link below.

You're a New York State resident for income tax purposes if:

your domicile is New York State OR
your domicile is not New York State but you maintain a permanent place of abode in New York State for more than 11 months of the year and spend 184 days or more in New York State during the tax year.

You can only have one domicile. Your New York domicile does not change until you can demonstrate that you have abandoned your New York domicile and established a new domicile outside New York State.

New York definitions of resident, nonresident, etc.;

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/pit_definitions.htm#resident

If you have more questions about this, ask in the comment box below.