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title: "Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)"
description: "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…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/bias-audit-nyc-local-law-144
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
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doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
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updated: 2026-09-24
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# Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/existing-law#employment); [ch. 14, Impact assessments compared](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development#impact-assessments-compared)
- Chapters: [ch. 14, Development](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development) · [ch. 20, Existing Law](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/existing-law)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-bias-audit-nyc-local-law-144

## Sources

[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)