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State tax filing
Working remotely for an NY company does not always subject you to NY state income tax, there are several factors that must be weighed, see this memo from NY.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/memos/income/m06_5i.pdf
Assuming you do owe NY tax, you would file a non-resident NY return and a DC resident return. You will owe NY tax on NY-source income (but not other income like investments) and you will owe DC tax on all your world-wide income. DC will give you a credit for tax you pay to NY.
You should definitely have NY tax withheld. For most incomes, DC tax is 1%-2% higher than NY's income tax. If you have full withholding for DC, you will have a lot of extra tax withheld and get a huge refund while not having the money in your pocket. I think it would work to have NY tax withheld, no DC tax, and then make estimated payments to DC on their web site, in the amount of 1.5% of your income. (This is a very quick off the top of my head guesstimate.) You can make the payments weekly or monthly but no less often than quarterly.