New York — AI Law & Policy Updates

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: New York’s AI Data Center Moratorium: A Potential Turning Point for U.S. Data Center Development — The National Law Review (2026-07-16) AI Evidence Raises Challenges for New York Courts, Lawyers Say — Bloomberg Law News (2026-07-15) New York’s AI Disclosure Law Is a Reckoning for Lazy Brands — Marketing Communication News (2026-07-15) New York becomes first U.S. state to impose AI data center ban — CNBC (2026-07-14) Full coverage on AI Law Tracker →