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NYC Local Law 144 for legal AI workflows

NYC Local Law 144 in legal AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceBinding law
Applies from5 Jul 2023
SectorLaw
Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / The rule

What NYC Local Law 144 requires

Employers and employment agencies that use an automated employment decision tool to substantially assist hiring or promotion decisions about candidates or employees in New York City.

  1. 01Obtain an independent bias audit of the AEDT no more than one year before use.
  2. 02Audit must report selection or scoring rates and impact ratios by sex, race/ethnicity and intersectional categories.
  3. 03Publish a summary of the most recent bias audit results and the tool's distribution date on the employment section of the website.
  4. 04Notify candidates and employees at least 10 business days before use, including the qualifications assessed and how to request an alternative process or accommodation.
  5. 05Disclose the type and source of data collected and the data retention policy, on the website or on written request.

02 / In this sector

In a legal AI workflow

Covers machine learning, statistical modelling, data analytics or AI tools that issue a score, classification or recommendation used to substantially assist employment decisions. Vendors are not directly bound, but employers usually rely on vendor-commissioned audits.

Usually asked by

General counsel and litigation support.

Named alongside

FRE 702 · ABA Model Rules.

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03 / Records

Records to keep

  1. 01Independent auditor's bias audit report dated within the past year
  2. 02Archived public audit summary with distribution date
  3. 03Candidate notices with send dates at least 10 business days before use
  4. 04Data-type and retention-policy disclosures and request responses

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

SOURCES

Go back to the source

PRIMARY
Automated Employment Decision Tools (adopted rule)

NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, NYC Rules

GUIDANCE
Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT)

NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

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