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As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 69 AI rules in New York: 38 state-level rules and 31 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
New York state-level AI rules (38)
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In effect
NY Hochul EO — Statewide Data Center Moratorium (2026)
New York · Effective 2026-07-14 · New York Governor Hochul Executive Order (July 14, 2026), imposing statewide moratorium on data centers >50 MW
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an Executive Order on July 14, 2026 imposing the first statewide data center moratorium in the United States. The order pauses state permitting for new data centers that plan to draw more than 50 megawatts of electricity at any one time. It also directs the Public Service Commission to conduct a generic environmental and energy review of data center impacts, and directs Empire State Development to create a 'Community Interest Framework' within 60 days to help local governments negotiate with data center developers. The moratorium is separate from the pending legislative bill S10642/A11560 (which Hochul did not sign or veto); the EO accomplishes a moratorium through the Governor's authority over state permitting systems rather than through the DEC permit mechanism proposed in the bill.
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New York S7882 (felony to use algorithms to coordinate residential rents)
New York · Effective 2025-12-15 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 340-b (S7882, 2025)
This law makes it a crime to help residential landlords coordinate the rents they charge instead of competing with one another, including by operating or licensing software, a data-analytics service, or an algorithmic tool that performs a rent-setting coordination function across two or more landlords. The conduct must be done knowingly or recklessly. Violations are a Class E felony, with fines up to $1 million for a corporation and up to $100,000 or up to four years in prison for an individual.
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New York S8391 (bans unauthorized AI digital replicas of deceased performers)
New York · Effective 2025-12-11 · N.Y. S8391 (2025)
This law makes it illegal to use a digital replica of a deceased performer in an audiovisual work, a sound recording, or a live performance of a musical work without consent from the appropriate rights holder. It applies when the user knows the replica is unauthorized. A deceased performer's estate or rights holder can sue, recovering the greater of $2,000 or their actual damages, plus any profits the violator made from the unauthorized use.
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New York Fashion Workers Act (models must consent to AI digital replicas)
New York · Effective 2025-06-19 · New York State Fashion Workers Act; L. 2024, ch. 683 (S9832)
Before a modeling agency or a client can create or use an AI digital replica of a model (such as a computer-generated version of their face, body, or voice), they must get the model's clear written consent, separate from the regular representation contract, that spells out the scope, purpose, pay, and how long the replica will be used.
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New York S7676B (voids vague AI voice/likeness contract clauses)
New York · Effective 2025-01-01 · N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law 5-302; L. 2024, ch. 569 (S7676B)
A contract clause that lets a company create or use an AI digital replica of a person's voice or likeness is unenforceable if it does not reasonably specifically describe how the replica will be used, unless the person had a lawyer or a union representing them when they signed. It is aimed at protecting performers from signing away their digital likeness in broad, vague terms.
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New York LOADinG Act (oversight of state-agency automated decisions)
New York · Effective 2024-12-21 · N.Y. State Technology Law (LOADinG Act); L. 2024, ch. 674 (S7543B)
State agencies in New York must publicly list the automated decision-making tools they use, run and publish impact assessments on them, and keep meaningful human review for tools that hand out public benefits or affect people's rights, safety, or welfare. Agencies also cannot use automated systems to make internal employment decisions that would lay off or displace staff.
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NY AI digital replica law
NY · Effective 2024-08-13 · N.Y. Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 50-g; Ch. 219 and 220 of 2024
New York governor signed laws making vague AI digital-replica clauses in personal-services contracts unenforceable and reinforcing the state's right-of-publicity protections for AI-generated voice and likeness fraud. Builds on NY's existing Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f and 50-g.
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NYDFS CL 7 (2024) — Insurance AI Anti-Discrimination
New York · Effective 2024-07-11 · NYDFS Insurance Circular Letter No. 7 (2024) (July 11, 2024)
New York's Department of Financial Services issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 7 on July 11, 2024, establishing the most substantive state insurance AI rule in the country. Going beyond the NAIC Model Bulletin adopted by 24+ states, NYDFS CL No. 7 requires insurers to conduct a comprehensive 'proxy assessment' before using any AI system (AIS) or external consumer data source (ECDIS) in underwriting or pricing — and prohibits any such use unless the insurer can demonstrate the system does not produce unfair or unlawful discrimination against protected classes. When an AI-influenced adverse underwriting decision is made, the insurer must provide written notice within 15 days of the decision. Governance, documentation, and DFS market-conduct examination requirements apply immediately.
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NY ITS AI Policy P24-001
NY · Effective 2024-01-08 · N.Y. ITS Policy NYS-P24-001 (Jan. 8, 2024)
The Hochul administration's statewide Information Technology Services policy on Acceptable Use of AI by New York state agencies. Not a numbered Executive Order, but the binding state-government AI rule. Defines acceptable use cases, prohibits use of public GenAI tools with sensitive data, and requires risk assessments before deployment.
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NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn)
NY · Effective 2021-05-29 · Ch. 304 of 2020 (S5959-D); N.Y. Civ. Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c
Signed by Governor Cuomo on November 30, 2020, NY S5959-D was the first state law to (1) extend right of publicity to digital replicas of deceased personalities for 40 years, and (2) create a private right of action against unlawful publication of sexually explicit deepfakes. Landmark precedent — direct ancestor of CA AB 1836 (2024) and NY's 2023-2025 digital-replica laws.
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Local Contexts TK/BC Labels
Local Contexts · Effective 2010-01-01 · Local Contexts TK Labels (2010); BC Labels (2018)
Indigenous-authored digital provenance labels that travel with cultural data to enforce community-set rules on access, attribution, and reuse. Foundational tool for asserting Indigenous data sovereignty against extractive AI training datasets. TK Labels launched 2010; BC Labels 2018. Adopted by 200+ Indigenous communities globally.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
RAISE Act
New York · Effective 2027-01-01 · RAISE Act, S6953B/A6453B (N.Y. 2025), as amended 2026
New York's frontier AI safety law requires the largest AI developers to publish safety protocols and report serious safety incidents to the state within 72 hours. It creates a new AI oversight office and carries penalties up to $3 million for repeat violations, starting January 1, 2027.
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In effect
New York S8420A (ads must disclose AI 'synthetic performers')
New York · Effective 2026-06-09 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 396-b (S8420A, 2025)
When a business creates an advertisement for property or services for a commercial purpose, this law requires it to clearly disclose if the ad uses a 'synthetic performer' — a digitally created asset (made with generative AI or a software algorithm) meant to look like an audiovisual or visual performance by a human, where the figure is not recognizable as any identifiable real person. Penalties are $1,000 for a first violation and $5,000 for each subsequent violation.
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In effect
SUNY Systemwide Artificial Intelligence Policy
State University of New York (SUNY) · Effective 2026-04-30 · SUNY Systemwide Artificial Intelligence Policy
SUNY's Board of Trustees approved a systemwide AI policy requiring all 64 campuses to adopt AI governance, bias evaluation, data-privacy safeguards, and heightened oversight of high-risk systems affecting students by December 31, 2026.
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New York S8831 (shields public employees from AI displacement)
New York · Effective 2026-02-13 · N.Y. S8831 (2025)
This law amends New York's education, state technology, and civil service laws to protect public employees from harms caused by artificial intelligence systems. It guards against AI being used in ways that would impair workers' collective-bargaining rights, lead to their discharge or displacement, transfer their job duties to an AI system, or cut their hours, wages, or benefits.
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New York Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act (personalized prices need a label)
New York · Effective 2025-11-10 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 349-A (art. 22-A)
If a business sets the price of a product or service using an algorithm that draws on your personal data, and then shows that personalized price to you as a New York consumer, it has to tell you so with the notice: 'THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.' The goal is to make personalized 'surveillance pricing' visible rather than hidden. The Attorney General enforces the rule and can seek up to $1,000 per violation after a cease-and-desist notice.
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AI Companion Safeguards Law
New York · Effective 2025-11-05 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law §§ 1700–1704
The first state law regulating emotionally responsive 'AI companion' chatbots. Operators must clearly tell users they are talking to an AI (with reminders at least every three hours in ongoing sessions) and must detect signs of suicidal ideation or self-harm and refer users to crisis services.
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New York A433 (state agencies must list AI employment tools)
New York · Effective 2025-07-01 · N.Y. State Technology Law / Civil Service Law; L. 2025, ch. 96 (A433)
Any New York State agency that uses an automated tool to help make employment decisions must publicly list those tools, and the state's IT office must keep a public inventory of state-agency AI systems that affect the public. The law also protects state workers' existing collective-bargaining rights and bars using AI to displace them.
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NY AG
NY · Effective 2024-10-17 · NY AG — Symposium Report on the Next Decade of AI (enforcement priorities) (2024-10-17)
James outlines enforcement priorities: hiring tool bias, GenAI misinformation, deepfakes, ADS. References LL144 precedent; previews state ADS guidance and legislative recommendations.
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In effect
NY AG James AI scam consumer alert
NY · Effective 2024-10-17 · NY OAG Press Release (Oct. 17, 2024)
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued consumer alerts warning New Yorkers about AI voice-cloning grandparent scams, AI romance and pig-butchering schemes, and AI investment fraud — and pledged enforcement under New York's GBL § 349 against deceptive AI uses.
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In effect
SUNY generative-AI education initiative (Empire AI / systemw
State University of New York (SUNY) · Effective 2024-05-09 · SUNY generative-AI education initiative (Empire AI / systemwide AI chatbot program)
New York and SUNY launched a systemwide generative-AI education program described as the largest LLM-enabled education system, providing customized tutoring while pledging to protect privacy and academic integrity.
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New York AIDPA (AI deepfake political media must be disclosed)
New York · Effective 2024-04-20 · N.Y. Election Law 14-106; L. 2024, ch. 58, pt. MM
If someone knowingly puts out a political ad or message that contains AI-generated or otherwise materially deceptive media (such as a deepfake of a candidate), they must include a clear disclaimer saying the content has been manipulated. A candidate harmed by an undisclosed deepfake can ask a court to stop it.
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New York AIDPA (privacy right covers AI-made likeness & voice)
New York · Effective 2024-04-20 · N.Y. Civil Rights Law 50, 51; L. 2024, ch. 58, pt. MM
New York's long-standing right-of-privacy law bars using a person's name, picture, likeness, or voice for ads or trade without written consent. This amendment made clear that protection also covers a picture, likeness, or voice that was created or altered by AI or other digitization, so AI-generated deepfakes of a person fall under the same rule.
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In effect
NY Bar AI Report
NY · Effective 2024-04-06 · NYSBA AI Task Force Report (Apr. 6, 2024)
The New York State Bar adopted recommendations on AI in legal practice covering competence, confidentiality, supervision, candor to the court, and advertising — explicitly noting that 'hallucination' sanctions in Mata v. Avianca apply to all New York lawyers using AI.
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In effect
Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies (NYS-
New York · Effective 2024-01-08 · Acceptable Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies (NYS-P24-001)
New York's Office of Information Technology Services set enterprise rules requiring state agencies to conduct NIST-based risk assessments, maintain human oversight of AI decisions affecting the public, and disclose AI chatbots as non-human.
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In effect
New York S1042A (bans sharing deepfake intimate images)
New York · Effective 2023-11-28 · N.Y. Penal Law 245.15; L. 2023, ch. 513 (S1042A)
New York made it a crime to share or post fake nude or sexual images of a person without their consent, even when the image was generated or altered by computer (a deepfake), as long as the person shown can be reasonably identified. This brought AI-made intimate images under the state's existing revenge-porn crime.
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In effect
Commissioner's Determination Prohibiting Facial Recognition
New York State Education Department · Effective 2023-09-27 · Commissioner's Determination Prohibiting Facial Recognition Technology in Schools
NYSED Commissioner Betty Rosa issued a statewide determination prohibiting all New York public and nonpublic schools from purchasing or using facial recognition technology, while leaving other biometric tools to local discretion subject to privacy and civil-rights review.
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In effect
New York Biometrics in Schools Ban (statewide prohibition on
New York State (Education Law / biometrics ban) · Effective 2023-09-01 · New York Biometrics in Schools Ban (statewide prohibition on facial recognition purchase/use)
Effective September 2023 following the NYSED Commissioner determination, all New York schools are prohibited from purchasing or using facial recognition technology, making NY the first state with such a comprehensive school ban.
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In effect
NY AV testing pilot
New York · Effective 2017-04-20 · Part FF, Ch. 55, Laws of 2017 (uncodified session law)
New York requires AV operators to obtain DMV pilot-program authorization, maintain a licensed human safety driver behind the wheel, post a $5 million insurance bond, and coordinate with State Police for each test deployment. New York remains one of the most restrictive states — fully driverless operation is not authorized as of 2026.
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Proposed / pending
MTA AI Video Analytics Solicitation for Subway Camera Monito
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) · MTA AI Video Analytics Solicitation for Subway Camera Monitoring (Suspicious/Problematic Behavior Detection)
The MTA solicited vendors for AI computer-vision software to analyze feeds from its 15,000+ subway cameras to flag weapons, unattended items, and dangerous behavior, while stating facial recognition will not be used.
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Proposed / pending
MTA/NYPD Evolv AI Weapons-Detection Scanner Pilot in NYC Sub
Metropolitan Transportation Authority / NYPD subway weapons scanners · MTA/NYPD Evolv AI Weapons-Detection Scanner Pilot in NYC Subway
The MTA and NYPD piloted Evolv AI-powered gun-detection scanners at NYC subway stations; a monthlong test of 3,000+ searches at 20 stations found no guns and over 100 false positives.
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Proposed / pending
A10909
NY · NY A10909 (2025-2026 General Assembly)
Enacts the "Shirley Myers White Right To Reconciliation and Digital Identity Repair Act"; establishes a right for individuals to have outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete public and digital narratives corrected once a legal matter is resolved; requires institutions to provide mechanisms for context, updates, and correction so that individuals are not permanently penalized by disproven or obsolete information in digital and automated systems.
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Proposed / pending
NY Responsible Data Center Development Act (passed, awaiting Governor)
New York · N.Y. S.10642 / A.11560 (2025–2026); The Responsible Data Center Development Act
New York's legislature passed a bill that would put a one-year pause on permits for the largest new data centers (peak load over 20 megawatts), require a public hearing before any future data center is approved, order a statewide study of data centers' energy and water use and pollution, create separate (higher) electric and water rate classes for big data centers so their costs aren't shifted onto households, and set labor standards for building them. If Gov. Hochul signs it, it would be the first statewide data center moratorium in the country.
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Proposed / pending
New York Deepfake Harassment and NCII Civil Action Act
New York · S 6278, New York Legislature, 2025-2026 Session
Would create the new crime of aggravated harassment by electronic or digital communication when a person disseminates a deepfake—a digitally altered image incorporating someone's face or body onto pornographic or lewd content—without consent. Would also establish a private right of action for victims to sue for damages. Assembly companion bill is A 6293.
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Proposed / pending
New York Deepfake Harassment and NCII Civil Action Act (Assembly)
New York · A 6293, New York Legislature, 2025-2026 Session
Assembly companion to S 6278. Would create the new crime of aggravated harassment via deepfake dissemination and establish a private right of action for victims. Addresses digitally altered images incorporating a person's face or identifiable body part onto pornographic, lewd, or violently graphic content distributed without consent.
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Proposed / pending
NY AI Professional Impersonation Liability Bill
New York · S.7263-A, 2025–2026 New York Legislature; adds GBL § 390-f
This pending New York bill would make AI-chatbot operators legally responsible if their chatbot impersonates a licensed professional — like a doctor, lawyer, or nurse — in a way that would be illegal if a person did it. The state Attorney General could sue violators for up to $15,000 per day, and operators would have to clearly tell users they are talking to an AI chatbot. After advancing on the Senate floor it was sent back to the Rules Committee in June 2026.
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Expired
NY S3971B (2019, AI study commission, died)
NY · N.Y. S3971B (2019-20 Reg. Sess.) — died in Assembly
New York S3971B (Savino, 2019) would have created a temporary state commission to study AI regulation across New York agencies. Died in the Assembly Governmental Operations committee — but the commission framework became the model for later state AI task force statutes nationwide.
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Expired
NY S7623B (died)
NY · N.Y. S7623B (2023-24 Reg. Sess.) — died in committee
New York S7623B was a comprehensive AI rights and disclosure bill. Never advanced past the Senate Internet committee in 2024.
County and city AI rules in New York (31)
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In effect
NYC AEDT Bias Audit Law (LL 144)
New York City, NY · Effective 2023-01-01 · NYC Local Law 144 of 2021; NYC Admin. Code §§ 20-870 to 20-874
Employers and employment agencies in New York City may not use AI hiring or promotion tools unless the tool has passed an independent bias audit within the past year. Job candidates must be told an automated tool is being used and can request information about the data it relies on.
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In effect
NYC Biometric Identifier Law (LL3)
New York City, NY · Effective 2021-07-09 · NYC Admin. Code §§ 22-1201–22-1205 (Local Law 3 of 2021)
NYC retail stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues that collect customers' biometric data (face scans, fingerprints, iris scans, voiceprints) must post clear signs at entrances disclosing it. Selling or otherwise profiting from customers' biometric data is flatly banned. Customers can sue: $500 per signage or negligent-sale violation and $5,000 per intentional or reckless sale, plus attorneys' fees.
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In effect
NY School FR Moratorium (Rochester effects)
Rochester, NY · Effective 2020-12-22 · Part BB of ch. 56 of Laws of 2020; N.Y. Educ. Law 2-d-1
New York State law triggered by Lockport City SD's facial recognition deployment bars schools statewide — including Rochester-area districts — from acquiring or using biometric identifying technology without state authorization.
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In effect
Village of Horseheads NY data center moratorium (2026)
Village of Horseheads, NY · Village of Horseheads, N.Y. Local Law No. 6 of 2026
The local law imposes a village-wide one-year moratorium barring the Board of Trustees, Planning Board, Code Enforcement Officer and any other village body or officer from beginning or continuing review of, or granting any approval for, a Data Processing Center, and bars issuance of building permits for such use while it is in effect. 'Data Processing Center' is defined broadly as a facility housing multiple banks of computers, modular container-based processor facilities, or server clusters, including uses related to AI processing and cryptocurrency mining. The Board may direct the Building Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer to revoke permits or certificates of occupancy issued in violation, and violations carry a civil penalty of $2,500 per day plus injunctive relief. A hardship-variance procedure runs through the Board of Trustees.
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In effect
Brookhaven NY 18-month data center moratorium (eff. July 16, 2026)
Brookhaven, NY · Effective 2026-07-16 · Town of Brookhaven, NY Town Board unanimous vote, July 16, 2026, 18-month data center moratorium
The Town of Brookhaven on Long Island (Suffolk County, New York — the town containing Yaphank) unanimously adopted an 18-month moratorium on data center development on July 16, 2026, following a heated board meeting. The vote came amid controversy over data center projects in the Yaphank area, including the Wildflower project.
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In effect
East Greenbush NY 6-month data center moratorium (eff. July 15, 2026)
East Greenbush, NY · Effective 2026-07-15 · Town of East Greenbush, NY Town Board unanimous vote, July 15, 2026, 6-month data center development and operations moratorium
The Town of East Greenbush, New York (Rensselaer County, near Albany) unanimously adopted its own six-month moratorium on data centers on July 15, 2026 — covering not just new development but also data center operations. Town Supervisor Conway described it as the town's 'own layer of protection,' going beyond the New York state executive order on data centers.
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In effect
Lysander Data Center Moratorium
Lysander, NY · Effective 2026-05-07 · Town of Lysander, N.Y., 6-month data center moratorium (adopted May 7, 2026)
On May 7, 2026 the Lysander Town Board (Onondaga County, near Syracuse) unanimously approved a six-month moratorium barring development and construction of new data centers. More than 350 residents packed the meeting in opposition to the proposed 300-megawatt Ranalli Lysander Data Center on a 120-acre site.
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In effect
NYC GUARD Act (Gov't AI Accountability)
New York City, NY · Effective 2025-12-26 · NYC Council Int. Nos. 199-A, 926-A, 1024-A (GUARD Act, passed Nov. 25, 2025; lapsed into law Dec. 26, 2025; Intro 1024-A = Local Law 195 of 2025)
The NYC City Council unanimously passed three bills on November 25, 2025 known as the GUARD Act (Guaranteeing Unbiased AI Regulation and Disclosure), creating independent oversight of city government AI use. The package creates an independent Office of Algorithmic Data Accountability, sets mandatory fairness-testing and transparency standards for all agency AI tools, and requires a public registry of every AI system that has undergone a pre-deployment assessment. Because Mayor Adams neither signed nor vetoed the bills within the 30-day window, they lapsed into law on December 26, 2025. Intro 1024-A was assigned Local Law 195 of 2025; the Local Law numbers for Intros 199-A and 926-A still await Legistar confirmation.
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In effect
NYC EO 3 / Citywide AI Policy
New York City, NY · Effective 2022-01-19 · N.Y.C. Exec. Order No. 3 (Jan. 19, 2022)
Mayoral executive order consolidating NYC's technology agencies by redesignating the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications as the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), which oversees the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics, the Chief Technology Officer, the Office of Information Privacy, NYC Cyber Command, NYC 311, and the Algorithms Management and Policy office.
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In effect
NYC Algorithmic Tools Reporting (LL35)
New York City, NY · Effective 2022-01-15 · NYC Admin. Code § 3-119.5 (Local Law 35 of 2022)
Every NYC agency must publicly report, each year, every algorithmic tool it used to make or assist decisions that materially affect the public's rights, benefits, or access to services. Reports must describe each tool's purpose, the data it uses, and any vendor involvement, and are published as an open dataset.
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In effect
Syracuse Surveillance Policy
Syracuse, NY · Effective 2020-12-15 · Syracuse Surveillance Technology Policy (Dec. 2020)
Mayor Walsh executive order created a citywide Surveillance Technology Policy and a 9-employee/6-community Working Group that biweekly reviews each department's proposed surveillance technologies.
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In effect
NYC Public Schools Guidance on AI
New York, NY · Effective 2025-09-01 · NYC Public Schools Guidance on AI (2025-09-01)
NYC DOE districtwide guidance lists never-allowed uses, then conditional uses with safeguards. Staff barred from entering PII or sensitive info into GenAI tools not approved through ERMA review.
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In effect
Policy 5110 - CCSD Policy on Generative Artificial Intellige
Chappaqua Central School District, NY · Effective 2024-08-29 · Policy 5110 - CCSD Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration
Chappaqua CSD's board-adopted GenAI policy prohibits district users from inputting FERPA-protected student data or Education Law 2-d protected information into AI systems, requires use of only Ed Law 2-d compliant approved tools with students, and mandates transparency about how AI is used.
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In effect
Buffalo PD FR Policy
Buffalo, NY · Effective 2024-04-01 · Buffalo PD Manual, Facial Recognition Technology (2024)
Buffalo Police Department policy on facial recognition use, requiring case predicate and supervisory approval, treating matches as investigative leads.
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In effect
NYC LL 60 (delivery robots)
New York City · Effective 2024-01-01 · N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 19-176.4; Local Law 60 of 2023
New York City authorized a pilot framework for sidewalk delivery robots ('motorized assistive devices'), giving DOT rulemaking authority over speed, weight, sidewalk vs. bike-lane use, and operator registration. The DOT pilot launched in 2024 with explicit weight caps (550 lb) and 12 mph maximum speed.
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In effect
New York Biometric Surveillance in Schools Moratorium (halti
Lockport City School District, NY · Effective 2020-12-22 · New York Biometric Surveillance in Schools Moratorium (halting Lockport CSD facial recognition system)
A first-in-the-nation state moratorium signed December 2020 halted the $2.7 million facial-recognition surveillance system that the Lockport City School District had activated in January 2020, pending a state privacy and demographic-accuracy review.
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In effect
NYPD POST Act
New York City, NY · Effective 2020-07-15 · NYC Local Law 65 of 2020, as amended 2025
The POST Act requires the NYPD to publicly disclose what surveillance technologies it uses and publish impact and use policies for each one. 2025 amendments added facial recognition audits, itemized technology inventories, and disclosure of outside entities that receive NYPD surveillance data.
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In effect
Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technolog
Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office) · Effective 2019-04-01 · Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technologies 'Verus')
The Suffolk County Sheriff's jail deployed LEO Technologies' Verus AI, which uses Amazon speech-to-text to transcribe and keyword-flag inmate phone calls, monitoring over 2.5 million calls between April 2019 and May 2020.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Town of Clay one-year data center moratorium and Battery Ene
Town of Clay · Town of Clay one-year data center moratorium and Battery Energy Storage System Law
The Clay Town Board approved a one-year moratorium halting applications for large-scale data centers, AI computing facilities, and cryptocurrency operations while the town develops regulations, alongside a new Battery Energy Storage System Law.
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In effect
NYC AI Action Plan
New York City, NY · NYC OTI, AI Action Plan (Oct. 2023)
NYC's AI Action Plan is the city's roadmap for responsible government AI use, with 37 action items covering AI principles, agency guidance, procurement standards, risk assessment, and public engagement. It is policy guidance from the mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation rather than binding law; annual progress reports have followed.
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Proposed / pending
Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (preliminary 'traffic li
New York City Public Schools, NY · Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (preliminary 'traffic light' framework)
NYC Public Schools issued preliminary AI guidance using a green/yellow/red 'traffic light' framework that permits some staff and student uses, requires human review for others, and prohibits AI in grading, discipline, IEPs and placement decisions, with a fuller playbook to follow.
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Proposed / pending
Binghamton NY Flock termination legislation (in committee, Jul. 2026)
Binghamton, NY · Binghamton, NY City Council legislation to terminate Flock Safety contract, referred to committee July 13, 2026 (Cnclw. Rathmell)
A Binghamton, New York city councilwoman has introduced legislation to terminate the city's contract with Flock Safety, whose license plate reader cameras operate in the city. The measure, sponsored by Councilwoman Rathmell, was referred to committee on July 13, 2026 and awaits further action. If enacted, Binghamton would join the growing list of cities ending Flock contracts in 2026.
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Proposed / pending
Office of Artificial Intelligence Oversight
New York City · NYC Int 0919-2026
Would establish an Office of Artificial Intelligence Oversight within the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The office would investigate complaints about AI systems violating consumer protection laws, recommend enforcement actions, maintain a public complaint portal, run AI-harm consumer awareness campaigns, and propose rules clarifying how existing consumer protections apply to AI.
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Proposed / pending
AI Gendered Impact Assessment + Interagency Taskforce
New York City · NYC Int 0287-2026
Requires the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to conduct biennial assessments of whether algorithmic tools using gender data may create disparate impacts. Establishes an interagency task force meeting at least twice yearly to evaluate how AI affects city employees' employment outcomes by gender (job displacement, role changes). Task force draws from administrative services, worker protection, human rights, technology, and gender equity agencies.
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Proposed / pending
Ban biometric recognition in public accommodations (Ban The Scan)
New York City · NYC Int 0213-2026
Would make it illegal for places of public accommodation (stores, restaurants, music venues, theaters, etc.) to use biometric recognition systems to verify or identify customers without notice and prior written consent. Requires written policies governing use of collected biometric data and procedures for customers to request erasure of their biometric information.
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Proposed / pending
Limit facial recognition in residential buildings (Ban The Scan)
New York City · NYC Int 0428-2026
Would prohibit owners of multiple dwellings from installing or using biometric recognition systems that identify tenants or their guests. Modifies existing smart-access regulations and adds new restrictions on facial recognition and related biometric technologies in residential settings.
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Status unknown
NYC resolution urging NY State to pass Advanced AI Licensing Act (A.3356)
New York City · NYC Res 0175-2026
Resolution urging the NY State Legislature to enact, and Governor Hochul to sign, the Advanced AI Licensing Act (A.3356) — which would establish state oversight through the Department of State, require licensing for high-risk AI systems, and ban particularly dangerous applications like autonomous weapons.
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Proposed / pending
NYC Int 1003-2024
New York, NY · NYC Int 1003-2024
NYC Int 1003-2024 would amend the admin code to create an AI working group at the Commission on Human Rights to study AI's impact on employment and AEDT effects on protected classes — complementing Local Law 144.
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Proposed / pending
NYC Int 1196-2025
New York, NY · NYC Int 1196-2025
NYC Int 1196-2025 proposes to amend the administrative code of the City of New York to prohibit the unauthorized depiction of public officials by artificial intelligence; it is not about additional requirements on city agencies' use of AI tools.
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Proposed / pending
NYC AI Oversight Office Bill
New York City, NY · N.Y.C. Council Int. No. 0919-2026 (pending)
A pending New York City Council bill would write an office of artificial intelligence oversight into the City Charter and Administrative Code, building on the city's 2025 GUARD Act package on algorithmic accountability for city agencies. Awaiting committee action.
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Repealed / replaced
NYC LL144 (original draft)
New York City, NY · NYC Int. 1894-2020 (original) — narrowed before enactment as Local Law 144 of 2021
NYC's original Int. 1894-2020 draft was substantially broader than the enacted Local Law 144. The narrowed final version took effect January 1, 2023 (DCWP enforcement began July 5, 2023 after final rules) and is the most-cited city AI law globally — original-vs-enacted scope shift is studied widely.
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