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AI regulation in New York (United States)

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 2 instruments · 2 binding

Overview

New York City's Local Law 144 of 2021 (enforced since 5 July 2023) requires bias audits and notices for automated employment decision tools used to hire or promote in the city. At state level, New York enacted the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act in December 2025 imposing safety-protocol and incident-reporting duties on developers of frontier models, with amendments to align with California's SB 53, and a 2025 law requiring disclosure of AI companion safeguards. The Department of Financial Services issued a 2024 letter on AI cybersecurity risks.

What is the current regulatory status?

NYC Local Law 144 enforced since July 2023; RAISE Act enacted December 2025 (effective 2027); DFS guidance for regulated entities.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools); New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

Key policy instruments

New York (United States) Act / statute In force Binding

NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools)

New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 on Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and DCWP implementing rules

Employers and employment agencies may not use an automated employment decision tool to screen candidates or employees for hiring or promotion in New York City unless the tool has had an independent bias audit within the past year, a summary of the audit results is published, and candidates receive at least ten business days' notice of the tool's use, the job qualifications assessed, and how to request an alternative process or accommodation. The bias audit calculates selection and scoring impact ratios by sex, race/ethnicity and intersectional categories. Enforcement began 5 July 2023.

Applies from 5 Jul 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
New York (United States) Act / statute Adopted Binding

New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety)

New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)

The RAISE Act requires large developers of frontier AI models (defined by training compute and revenue thresholds) to publish and follow a safety and security protocol, report critical safety incidents to the state within a set period, not deploy models that create unreasonable risk of critical harm, and submit to Attorney General enforcement with civil penalties; the chapter amendments create a state oversight office and align definitions with California's Transparency in Frontier AI Act.

Applies from 1 Jan 2027 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

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How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
  3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. Automated Employment Decision Tools (Local Law 144 of 2021)
    NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection · 2023-07-05 · Tier 1 source

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