{"slug":"us-new-york","name":"New York (United States)","short_name":"New York","iso_code":"US-NY","jurisdiction_type":"state","region":"Americas","subregion":"Northern America","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.","regulatory_status_summary":"NYC Local Law 144 enforced since July 2023; RAISE Act enacted December 2025 (effective 2027); DFS guidance for regulated entities.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools); New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.","current_priorities":null,"regulators":[{"name":"NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection","url":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page","role":"Enforces Local Law 144 on automated employment decision tools"},{"name":"New York State Department of Financial Services","url":"https://www.dfs.ny.gov/","role":"Cybersecurity and AI guidance for regulated financial entities"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"Automated Employment Decision Tools (Local Law 144 of 2021)","publisher":"NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection","url":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page","document_date":"2023-07-05","document_type":"official","tier":1}],"related_jurisdictions":["us","us-california","us-illinois"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-new-york","source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page","source_title":"Automated Employment Decision Tools (Local Law 144 of 2021)","source_publisher":"NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection","source_document_date":"2023-07-05","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards","id":"AIPT-POL-0223","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0223","title":"New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1701)","short_title":"New York AI companion safeguards","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"New York State Legislature","summary_plain":"Operators of AI companions must have a protocol to detect and respond to suicidal ideation and self-harm, and must tell users they are talking to AI at the start of a session and at least every three hours.","adopted_on":null,"in_force_on":"2025-11-05","applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/1701","last_verified_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"content_version":1,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards"},{"slug":"us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools","id":"AIPT-POL-0224","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0224","title":"New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 on Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and DCWP implementing rules","short_title":"NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools)","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"New York City Council; rules by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection","summary_plain":"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.","adopted_on":"2021-12-11","in_force_on":"2023-01-01","applies_from":"2023-07-05","official_source_url":"https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools"},{"slug":"us-new-york-raise-act","id":"AIPT-POL-0225","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0225","title":"New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)","short_title":"New York RAISE Act (frontier model safety)","jurisdiction":"us-new-york","instrument_type":"act","status":"adopted","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"New York State Legislature","summary_plain":"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.","adopted_on":"2025-12-19","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":"2027-01-01","official_source_url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6953/amendment/B","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"low","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-raise-act"}]}