# New York City begins enforcing Local Law 144 on automated employment decision tools

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2023-07-05
- **Jurisdiction**: New York (United States)
- **Instrument**: New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 on Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and DCWP implementing rules
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: In force

## What changed

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection started enforcing bias-audit, published-summary and candidate-notice requirements for automated employment decision tools used for hiring or promotion in the city.

## What it means in practice

Employers using screening tools for NYC roles need an annual independent bias audit and ten business days of notice to candidates.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2023-07-05-nyc-local-law-144-enforcement
- **Official source**: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page
- **Source document**: Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT)
- **Published by**: NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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