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Updated August 16, 2026

New York: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in New York: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 21.3% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 22.5%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

773 AI-related documents tracked.

Showing the 60 most recent of 773 tracked documents.

• Prohibits humanoid robots and AI systems from being used in schools; provides limited exceptions; provides for student privacy protections; makes related provisions. proposed
  EducationPrivacy
• Provides that each school district, charter school, and board of cooperative educational services shall adopt and implement a written policy governing the use of humanoid robots in schools and that such policy shall prohibit the use of an artificial intelligence-enabled humanoid robot in an instructional capacity; defines terms. proposed
  EducationFines
• Imposes liability for damages caused by a chatbot impersonating certain licensed professionals. proposed
  Civil liabilityLicensing, registration, and certification
• Enacts the "options for search listing act" to require the optional use of artificial intelligence when using a search engine. proposed
• Requires third party verification of compliance with transparency and safety requirements for developers of artificial intelligence models; requires publication of such compliance reports. proposed
  Government study or reportPerformance requirementsSafetyTransparency
• Landberg v. City of New York enacted
  AI litigationGovernment: judicial and law enforcement
• NY ZEC 2.0 Nuclear Credits enacted
  Energy and utilitiesPerformance requirementsSubsidies
• ## § 210-8. Attachment to and replacement of decorative poles. (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 194-22. Stormwater and other unpolluted drainage. (thompson_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VI (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (union_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 250-63. Application of special use permit regulations. (thompson_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE I (thompson_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 22 (thompson_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE IV (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE I (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 24 (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE IX (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE I (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 161 (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 186 (union_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VII (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE V (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE 2 (queensbury_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (sullivan_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 179-4-070. Lots bounded by two roads or road and shoreline. (queensbury_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE XI (queensbury_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE 5 (queensbury_town, NY) enacted
• ## § 8-1. Definitions. (queensbury_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 175-35. Preliminary site plan for special uses. (montour_town, NY) enacted
• ## § 350-77. Kennel. (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## § 350-97. Telecommunications facility. (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 260-8. Discharge restrictions. (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## LANDSCAPING — (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 9 (montour_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 42 (milo_town, NY) enacted
• #### B. Uses requiring site plan approval: (leray_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (leray_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VI (leray_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 125-72. New inflow sources. (leray_town, NY) enacted
• #### B. Uses requiring site plan approval: (leray_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE I (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE XIV (milo_town, NY) enacted
• #### D. Abandonment. (leray_town, NY) enacted
• ## § 260-6. General definitions. (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 260-20. Inflow sources. (milo_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 175-23. Planned commercial development. (montour_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VI (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## Chapter 124 (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VII (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE II (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ### § 208-129. Effective date. (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE IX (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted
• ## ARTICLE VIII (clifton_park_town, NY) enacted

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for New York. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$798,017 in tracked political contributions across 2,260 records.

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