NY S00822: Relates to the disclosure of automated employment decision-making tools; requires the office of information technology services to maintain an artifi…

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New York's S 822 (Chapter 96 of 2025) is the chapter amendment to the LOADinG Act (Chapter 674 of 2024). It dropped that act's human-review and impact-assessment rules for state agency automated decision-making. Instead, each state agency using automated employment decision-making tools must post a list of them on its website by December 30, 2025 and yearly; the Office of Information Technology Services must keep an inventory of state agency AI systems that may directly impact the public, posted on the state's open data site each December 30; and, until July 1, 2028, AI use may not displace state employees or impair collective bargaining. Signed February 14, 2025; effective July 1, 2025.

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What it means for business

No duties for businesses. State agencies must post yearly lists of the automated employment decision tools they use (first by December 30, 2025) and supply data for the state's public AI inventory. Until July 1, 2028, AI may not displace state workers.

Key provisions

1. 1Repeals State Technology Law §§ 403 (impact assessments) and 404 (submission to state leaders and publication) and the LOADinG Act's short title and one-time disclosure of existing systems; removes the rule that agencies could use or buy automated decision-making systems for benefits or rights-affecting functions only with meaningful human review
2. 2Renames Article 4 "Automated Employment Decision-Making in State Government"; an automated employment decision-making tool is software using algorithms, computational models or AI to materially automate or replace employment decisions such as pay, hiring, recruitment, discipline, promotion and termination
3. 3§ 402: each state agency (not the Legislature or judiciary) using such a tool must post a list on its website with each tool's description, start date, purpose and use, and other relevant information, by December 30, 2025 and annually thereafter
4. 4New § 103-e: the Office of Information Technology Services keeps an inventory of state agency AI systems (including machine learning, large language models, NLP, computer vision and generative AI) that may directly impact the public, such as decisions in law enforcement, housing, hiring, finance, education, health care, benefits or child welfare
5. 5The inventory is posted on the state open data website each December 30 and sent to the Governor and legislative leaders; agencies submit data at least 60 days ahead; information that would jeopardize IT security may be withheld
6. 6New Civil Service Law § 80(10): use of AI systems may not affect collective bargaining rights or relationships, cause discharge, displacement or loss of position (including reduced hours, wages or benefits), or transfer state employees' existing duties to AI; it expires July 1, 2028
7. 7Signed February 14, 2025 (Chapter 96 of 2025); its changes take effect with the LOADinG Act, whose effective date it set at July 1, 2025

Latest legislative action

Feb 14, 2025. Signed Chapter 96 of 2025

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