# Local Law No. 144 of 2021 (New York City) — effective January 1, 2023

For Local Law No. 144 of 2021 (New York City), effective date is January 1, 2023; what it applies to is employers and employment agencies in the city using an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee, which must have had a bias audit, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08.

- **Jurisdiction:** New York City _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** Local Law No. 144 of 2021 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2023 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** employers and employment agencies in the city using an automated employment decision tool to screen a candidate or employee, which must have had a bias audit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> § 2. This local law takes effect on January 1, 2023.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> Local Law No. 144 of 2021

## Source

- https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10399761&GUID=F99584B7-57C8-469E-9637-46A0E780690E

Last verified: 2026-09-08. Review by: 2026-10-23.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).