# AI rules in New York

New York has an AI-companion safeguard law in force, New York City's bias-audit rule for hiring tools, and the RAISE Act on frontier-model safety (overhauled in March 2026 to track California's SB 53) taking effect 1 Jan 2027.

- **Approach:** Targeted binding rules
- **Key bodies:** New York Attorney General, Department of Financial Services (frontier AI office under RAISE), NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
- **Last reviewed:** 4 Oct 2026

## Rules (3)
- [RAISE Act](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ny-raise-act/index.md): Enacted, not yet in force, Law, effective 1 Jan 2027. Requires large frontier developers (over $500M revenue; models above 10^26 operations) to publish a frontier AI framework, file disclosure statements and pay fees to a new office in the Department of Financial Services, and report critical safety incidents within 72 hours (24 hours if imminent risk of death or serious injury). The March 2026 chapter amendment aligned the law closely with California's SB 53.
- [NYC Local Law 144](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ny-nyc-local-law-144-aedt/index.md): In force, Law, effective 5 Jul 2023. Bars employers and employment agencies in New York City from using automated employment decision tools unless the tool had an independent bias audit within the past year, a summary of the audit is public, and candidates or employees receive notice at least 10 business days before use.
- [NY AI companion law](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ny-ai-companion-safeguards-2025/index.md): In force, Law, effective 5 Nov 2025. Requires operators of AI companions to detect signs of suicidal ideation or self-harm and refer users to crisis services, and to tell users they are interacting with AI at the start of a session and at least every three hours of continued use.

## Upcoming deadlines
- 1 Jan 2027: Frontier developer obligations and DFS oversight office take effect ([RAISE Act](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ny-raise-act/index.md))

## Programmes and facts
- RAISE Act creates a frontier-AI oversight office inside the Department of Financial Services that will publish annual reports

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