Licensure follows the patient
The location that matters for telehealth is generally the patient’s, not yours. Sitting in one state and caring for a patient in New York generally means you need authority to practice in New York — via compact privilege or a New York license. See telehealth: patient in another state.
The law that governs this in New York
Caring for a patient located in New York is practice in New York, so it is New York’s own nurse practice act that defines what you may do and the New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions) that applies it. That act is N.Y. Educ. Law art. 139; 8 NYCRR pt. 64.
There is no compact statute to cite for New York, which is the substantive point rather than a gap in our research: New York has not adopted the compact, so the practice act above is the whole of the law that applies to you here.
Compact status is not the only consideration
Even where a multistate license reaches New York, your employer and the New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions) may impose additional requirements, and some roles carry their own rules. Compact status answers one question — it is not a blanket authorization to practice remotely.
APRN telehealth is separate
The compact covers RN and LPN/LVN licenses only. If you work as an APRN, your advanced-practice authority is granted state by state and is not carried by a multistate RN license — a point that catches out a lot of remote NP roles.
Why compact privilege does not reach New York
New York has not adopted the compact. Either way the practical answer for caring for patients located in New York is the same today: a multistate license from another state does not authorize it, and you generally need a New York license from the New York State Board of Nursing (Office of the Professions). Re-check before a start date rather than assuming — this is precisely the fact that changes.