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Meeting Name: Committee of the Whole Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/5/2026 11:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2026-2573 *   Oversight - Examining the Risks Posed by Artificial Intelligence.Oversight    Not available Not available
Int 0161-2026 *Carmen N. De La Rosa  Requiring reporting on the impact of algorithmic tools on city employees and changes in employment responsibilities due to algorithmic tools.IntroductionThis bill would add to the annual algorithmic tools compliance report to require agencies to report on the impacts of algorithmic tools on city employees and employment responsibilities. Specifically it would require the city to report on the number of employees whose employment status have been impacted by the use of such tool; including the number funded agency positions eliminated due to the use of such tool, the number of funded agency positions for which there was any displacement, the number of salaries changed due to changes in responsibility due to use of such tool, and the number of city employees who were required to undertake any new trainings due to the use of an algorithmic tool.   Not available Not available
Int 0504-2026 *Nantasha M. Williams  Prohibiting the unauthorized depiction of public officials by artificial intelligence.IntroductionThis bill would permit elected officials and candidates for elected office to notify, in writing, owners of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems that they do not authorize those systems to produce manipulated audio, photos, or videos with their likeness. After a notification is provided, owners of generative AI systems would be required to implement methods that would prohibit uses from generating media of those elected officials or candidates. Any entity that violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and can be fined up to $2,500 per depiction. This would not apply where the media is processed by a third party over which an owner has no control. An elected official or candidate can also seek injunctive relief prohibiting use of their image.   Not available Not available
T2026-2602 *Julie Menin PreconsideredThird-party validation and shut-down capability of artificial intelligence models.IntroductionThis bill would make it unlawful to market, offer for sale, sell, or deploy an artificial intelligence (AI) model in New York City that has not received third-party validation or does not have a technical capability to be shut down by a human operator. Validation would be based on topics such as task performance, disparate impact, data privacy, and safety, including the functionality of a shut-down capability. A validator would also have to certify and disclose to the AI model developer and to Cyber Command whether the AI model is validated, or ready for deployment, and any interest the validator has in the AI model. Cyber Command would have to promulgate rules regarding bill implementation and validator qualifications. Civil penalties could range up to $25,000, with a $25,000 fixed civil penalty, per instance, for an AI model being marketed, offered for sale, sold, or deployed without validation or a shut-down capability and for a validator’s falsification of a validation.   Not available Not available
T2026-2605 *Julie Menin PreconsideredCivilian enforcement of artificial intelligence violations.IntroductionThis bill would allow any person to submit a complaint to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) alleging that a person or entity has violated certain provisions of law related to artificial intelligence. DCWP would be required to investigate complaints submitted, unless a complaint is frivolous, falsified, or duplicative, and share all complaints received with the Law Department. If DCWP issues a notice of violation or the Law Department commences a civil action based on the facts alleged in a complaint, the person who submitted the complaint would be entitled to 25 percent of any proceeds recovered as a result. If DCWP or the Law Department designate the person who submitted the complaint to serve a notice of violation or commence a civil action based on the facts alleged in the complaint, that person would be entitled to 50 percent of any proceeds recovered as a result.   Not available Not available
T2026-2601 *Kamillah Hanks PreconsideredRequiring reporting and public disclosure of artificial intelligence safety incidents concerning city contracts.IntroductionThis bill would require the Office of Cyber Command (“NYC3”) to establish standards and procedures for contractors to identify the occurrence of a reportable artificial intelligence (“AI”) safety incident. Contractors would be obliged to comply with the standards and procedures established and required to notify NYC3 about the occurrence of any reportable AI safety incident within 24 hours as a provision of their contract with the city. Agencies would also be required to notify NYC3 about the occurrence of any reportable AI safety incident within 24 hours. NYC3 would be required to publicly disclose any reported AI safety incident within 24 hours.   Not available Not available
T2026-2600 *Virginia Maloney  PreconsideredEstablishing a private cause of action for certain harms arising from third-party misuse of artificial intelligence models.IntroductionThis bill would create a private right of action against companies that make artificial intelligence models available for commercial or public use when third parties cause harm by misuse or malicious use of artificial intelligence models. A person could bring a claim if the harm was foreseeable and the company failed to implement reasonable safeguards against the misuse or malicious use that caused the harm.   Not available Not available
T2026-2599 *Frank Morano PreconsideredChatbot data privacy, security, and transparency.IntroductionThis bill would impose requirements and restrictions on companies that provide chatbots, including requirements related to data security and privacy, the right of chatbot users to access their own data, and restrictions on how chatbot providers can use chatbot user data. In addition, the bill would require disclosure to users that they are not interacting with a human and prohibit communications indicating that chatbots can provide advice equivalent to that of a licensed professional.   Not available Not available
T2026-2606 *Chi A. Ossé PreconsideredRequiring the creation of an artificial intelligence model emergency response plan.IntroductionThis bill would require the Office of Technology and Innovation’s Cyber Command, along with New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM), to develop or update an emergency response plan concerning artificial intelligence model-related threats to New York City’s infrastructure, operations, and public health and welfare. This plan would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council. Cyber Command and NYCEM would have to review, and update as appropriate, the plan on an annual basis. Additionally, they would have to submit annual progress reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on artificial intelligence emergencies in the prior 12 months and on implementation of the plan.   Not available Not available
T2026-2604 *Kevin C. Riley PreconsideredCity contractors and subcontractors posting information concerning whistleblower protections and clarifying whistleblower protections for reporting conduct related to the use or development of an artificial intelligence model.IntroductionThis bill would clarify that New York City’s Whistleblower Law covers the reporting of conduct related to the use or development of an artificial intelligence (AI) model. Under the bill, City officers and employees, and officers and employees of certain City contractors and subcontractors, who report conduct related to the use or development of an AI model that they know or reasonably believe presents a substantial and specific risk of harm to public health or public safety would have whistleblower protections. The Commissioner of Investigation would have to include in an annual report to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council the number of whistleblower reports related to an AI model received in the previous fiscal year. Additionally, this bill would update the requirement that certain City contractors and subcontractors post information at work sites to include information on whistleblower protections for reporting conduct related to an AI model.   Not available Not available
T2026-2603 *Carl Wilson  PreconsideredRequiring certain disclosures and prohibiting deceptive representations in the promotion of artificial intelligence models.IntroductionThis bill would require any advertisement that promotes an artificial intelligence (“AI”) model in the City to disclose whether such model has undergone validation by a third-party. It also would prohibit any such advertisement from including any materially false or misleading statement regarding the safety of an AI model. Any person who disseminates an advertisement in violation of such requirements would be subject to a civil penalty of up to $25,000.   Not available Not available
T2026-0004 *   AND SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY BE NECESSARYN/A    Not available Not available