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New York City · Enforced since July 5, 2023

NYC Local Law 144 — Automated Employment Decision Tools

Scope

Use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) to screen candidates or employees for NYC-based positions.

Who must comply

Employers and employment agencies using AEDTs for hiring or promotion in NYC.

AIMSS coverage

30%

Weighted overlap with this regulation

Fully covered clauses4
Partial coverage8
Not addressed here15

Clause map

AIMSS clauses that satisfy NYC Local Law 144.

AIMSS §10.2

External assurance & independent re-audit

Governance

Full

Annual independent bias audit by a qualified auditor.

AIMSS §5.4

Disclosure to affected persons

Ethics

Full

Candidates must be notified at least 10 business days in advance.

AIMSS §8.1

Bias & disparate-impact testing

Society

Full

Mandatory annual independent bias audit with published summary.

AIMSS §8.2

Demographic-data governance for fairness testing

Society

Full

Sex, race/ethnicity categories required for the bias audit.

AIMSS §10.1

Continuous integrity programme

Governance

Partial

Annual bias audit obligation only.

AIMSS §4.1

AI inventory & system register

Governance

Partial

AEDT must be identified and disclosed publicly, but no central register.

AIMSS §4.3

Risk classification & impact assessment

Governance

Partial

Bias audit required, but no broader impact assessment.

AIMSS §4.4

Third-party & supply-chain AI obligations

Governance

Partial

Independent auditor required, but no broader supplier regime.

AIMSS §5.3

Explainability of automated decisions

Ethics

Partial

Disclosure of data categories and source, not per-decision explanation.

AIMSS §7.4

Workforce displacement notice & re-skilling

Labour

Partial

Candidate notification of AEDT use required.

AIMSS §9.1

Post-market monitoring & incident reporting

Lifecycle

Partial

Annual re-audit obligation.

AIMSS §9.4

Audit trail & technical documentation

Lifecycle

Partial

Bias audit results must be publicly published and retained.

AIMSS goes further

15 additional AIMSS clauses go beyond what NYC Local Law 144 requires.

  • AIMSS §5.1Independent ethics reviewEthics
  • AIMSS §6.2Training & inference emissions accountingClimate
  • AIMSS §6.4Emissions reduction targetsClimate
  • AIMSS §7.1Data-worker labour conditionsLabour
  • AIMSS §7.3Red-team psychological safeguardsLabour
  • AIMSS §8.4Misuse & dual-use assessmentSociety
  • AIMSS §9.3Public complaints registerLifecycle
  • AIMSS §4.2Documented AI policy & accountable executiveGovernance
  • AIMSS §5.2Human oversight & meaningful interventionEthics
  • AIMSS §6.1Water & cooling impact disclosureClimate
  • AIMSS §6.3Lifecycle carbon disclosure to buyersClimate
  • AIMSS §7.2Pay-floor & overtime limits for data workersLabour
  • AIMSS §8.3Accessibility for users with disabilitiesSociety
  • AIMSS §8.5Content provenance & synthetic-media labellingSociety
  • AIMSS §9.2Cybersecurity & adversarial robustnessLifecycle