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Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)

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An independent audit, required within the year before an employer uses an automated employment decision tool in New York City, that reports selection or scoring rates and impact ratios by sex, race and ethnicity and their intersections; its summary must be published 1.

Developed in
ch. 20, Employment
ch. 14, Impact assessments compared
Chapters
ch. 14, Development · ch. 20, Existing Law
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

6 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

3 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

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    An assessment of how an AI system and its foreseeable applications may affect individuals, groups and society, performed across the lifecycle and updated as…

  • Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA)

    The assessment Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making requires before a federal automated decision system goes into production.

  • Algorithmic management

    The use of automated monitoring and decision systems to direct, evaluate or sanction workers.

  • ISO/IEC 42005

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Sources

  1. [1] Automated Employment Decision Tools: Frequently Asked Questions (Local Law 144 of 2021; bias audit by an independent auditor within the past year; selection rates and impact ratios by sex, race/ethnicity and intersectional categories; public summary; notice before use). NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. 2023. https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/about/DCWP-AEDT-FAQ.pdf (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/bias-audit-nyc-local-law-144. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026biasauditnyclocallaw144,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/bias-audit-nyc-local-law-144}
}