New York — AI Law & Policy Updates

New York's Local Law 144, requiring bias audits for automated employment decision tools, is partially in effect, while the RAISE Act, signed in December 2025, will impose safety and reporting requirements on frontier-AI developers starting January 1, 2027.

NYC Local Law 144 — automated employment decision tools · RAISE Act — frontier-AI safety S6953B, signed Dec 2025 — Status: Partially In Effect NYC Local Law 144 requires annual independent bias audits for automated employment decision tools. Separately, the RAISE Act — signed December 2025, effective January 1, 2027 — imposes safety-protocol, incident-reporting, and oversight duties on large frontier-AI developers. Recent developments: