N.Y. Educ. Law § 3304-a

§ 3304-a. Advance enrollment. A student whose parent or guardian is\nbeing relocated to the state under military orders and is transferred or\nis pending transfer to a military installation within the state shall be\ndeemed to be a resident pupil of a school district for the purposes of\nenrollment pursuant to section three thousand two hundred two of this\ntitle, provided that such parent or guardian provides a school district\nan address that the student will reside within the boundaries of the\ndistrict in which the student is to be enrolled. A school district shall\npermit a student to enroll preliminarily by remote registration without\ncharge and shall not require the student or the parent or guardian of\nthe student to physically appear at a location within the district for\nthe purpose of enrolling the student provided the parent or guardian of\nthe student provide a school district with military orders that a parent\nor guardian will be stationed in this state during the current or\nfollowing school year and an address within the boundaries of the\ndistrict in which the student will reside and is to be enrolled.\n