New York Legislative Oversight of Automated Decision-making in Government (LOADinG) Act (S7543B)
New York · 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.
Technical detail
Chapter 674 of the Laws of 2024 enacts the LOADinG Act under the State Technology Law: agencies must disclose all automated decision-making systems in use, conduct pre-deployment and biennial impact assessments (accuracy, fairness, bias, cybersecurity, privacy) submitted to the Governor and Legislature and published, maintain meaningful human review for systems affecting benefits/rights/liberties, and may not use automated systems to displace or discharge employees.
Who is protected: New York residents subject to state-agency decisions (especially public-benefit recipients and those whose rights, safety, or welfare are affected) and state-agency employees.
Who must comply: New York State agencies that use or procure automated decision-making systems.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | New York |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Status | In effect |
| Protection strength | Moderate protection |
| Effective date | 2024-12-21 |
| Enacted | 2024-12-21 |
| Citation | N.Y. State Technology Law (LOADinG Act); L. 2024, ch. 674 (S7543B) |
| Enforced by | Governor and State Legislature (oversight via mandated reporting); agencies implement compliance. |
| Private right of action | No — agency enforcement only |
| Topics | government use of AI · automated decision-making |
| Last verified | 2026-06-16 |
| Official source | NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7543B ↗ |
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