AIMSS §10.2
External assurance & independent re-audit
Governance
✓
Full
Annual independent bias audit by a qualified auditor.
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New York City · Enforced since July 5, 2023
NYC Local Law 144 — Automated Employment Decision Tools
Scope
Use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) to screen candidates or employees for NYC-based positions.
Who must comply
Employers and employment agencies using AEDTs for hiring or promotion in NYC.
AIMSS coverage
30%
Weighted overlap with this regulation
Fully covered clauses4
Partial coverage8
Not addressed here15
Clause map
AIMSS clauses that satisfy NYC Local Law 144.
AIMSS §5.4
Disclosure to affected persons
Ethics
✓
Full
Candidates must be notified at least 10 business days in advance.
AIMSS §8.1
Bias & disparate-impact testing
Society
✓
Full
Mandatory annual independent bias audit with published summary.
AIMSS §8.2
Demographic-data governance for fairness testing
Society
✓
Full
Sex, race/ethnicity categories required for the bias audit.
AIMSS §10.1
Continuous integrity programme
Governance
◐
Partial
Annual bias audit obligation only.
AIMSS §4.1
AI inventory & system register
Governance
◐
Partial
AEDT must be identified and disclosed publicly, but no central register.
AIMSS §4.3
Risk classification & impact assessment
Governance
◐
Partial
Bias audit required, but no broader impact assessment.
AIMSS §4.4
Third-party & supply-chain AI obligations
Governance
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Partial
Independent auditor required, but no broader supplier regime.
AIMSS §5.3
Explainability of automated decisions
Ethics
◐
Partial
Disclosure of data categories and source, not per-decision explanation.
AIMSS §7.4
Workforce displacement notice & re-skilling
Labour
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Partial
Candidate notification of AEDT use required.
AIMSS §9.1
Post-market monitoring & incident reporting
Lifecycle
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Partial
Annual re-audit obligation.
AIMSS §9.4
Audit trail & technical documentation
Lifecycle
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Partial
Bias audit results must be publicly published and retained.
AIMSS goes further
15 additional AIMSS clauses go beyond what NYC Local Law 144 requires.
- AIMSS §5.1Independent ethics reviewEthics
- AIMSS §6.2Training & inference emissions accountingClimate
- AIMSS §6.4Emissions reduction targetsClimate
- AIMSS §7.1Data-worker labour conditionsLabour
- AIMSS §7.3Red-team psychological safeguardsLabour
- AIMSS §8.4Misuse & dual-use assessmentSociety
- AIMSS §9.3Public complaints registerLifecycle
- AIMSS §4.2Documented AI policy & accountable executiveGovernance
- AIMSS §5.2Human oversight & meaningful interventionEthics
- AIMSS §6.1Water & cooling impact disclosureClimate
- AIMSS §6.3Lifecycle carbon disclosure to buyersClimate
- AIMSS §7.2Pay-floor & overtime limits for data workersLabour
- AIMSS §8.3Accessibility for users with disabilitiesSociety
- AIMSS §8.5Content provenance & synthetic-media labellingSociety
- AIMSS §9.2Cybersecurity & adversarial robustnessLifecycle