# New York (United States)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: New York
- **ISO code**: US-NY
- **Type**: state
- **Region**: Americas / Northern America

## In brief

New York (United States) has 3 recorded AI policy instruments, 3 of them binding and 2 in force. NYC Local Law 144 enforced since July 2023; RAISE Act enacted December 2025 (effective 2027); DFS guidance for regulated entities. Regulators include NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, New York State Department of Financial Services.

## 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

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

## What is binding and what is guidance

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

## Regulators

- NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection — Enforces Local Law 144 on automated employment decision tools — https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page
- New York State Department of Financial Services — Cybersecurity and AI guidance for regulated financial entities — https://www.dfs.ny.gov/

## How to use this profile

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

## Official sources

- Automated Employment Decision Tools (Local Law 144 of 2021) — NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection — https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (3)

- **New York AI companion safeguards (General Business Law Article 47, sections 1700-1701)** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-ai-companion-safeguards.md
- **New York City Local Law 144 of 2021 on Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and DCWP implementing rules** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-automated-employment-decision-tools.md
- **New York Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S.6953-B / A.6453-B, signed December 2025)** — Act / statute, Adopted, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-raise-act
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-new-york-raise-act.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-new-york
- **Official source**: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page
- **Source document**: Automated Employment Decision Tools (Local Law 144 of 2021)
- **Published by**: NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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