Remington has been under a lot of pressure from gun owners to leave the state. I, for one, have told anyone looking to buy a Remington that the company took an $80 million bribe from the government to stay in NY.
I did the same as you. I let them know personally that my days of buying anything Remington were finished the day they took that bribe. Looks like the free market is starting to hurt so they are starting to transfer one line at a time.