New York S7543A — Legislative Oversight of Automated Decision-making in Government (LOADinG) Act
Regulates state-agency use of automated decision-making: public disclosure of automated decision systems in use, impact assessments before deployment and biennially, meaningful human review of consequential decisions, and limits on displacing state workers with automation. Sponsored by Sen. Kristen Gonzalez and Asm. Steven Otis; strongly backed by public-sector unions and the NYS AFL-CIO.
“High-risk decision-making shall not take place unless, at least one month before the high-risk decision-making takes place, the employer has taken into account the concerns and interests of workers or employees who are or may be affected by it.”
Draft bill by Robin Allen KC and Dee Masters for the TUC.
“Rather, it addresses these risks by specifically requiring human oversight of high-risk systems, subjecting systems to comprehensive pre-deployment and biennial impact assessments, and protecting the critical role of trained workers in government decision-making.”
Op-ed co-authored by NYS AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento and Sen. Kristen Gonzalez.
“Americans who work for a living deserve more. We need sensible guardrails to ensure jobs aren't decimated, guarantees of meaningful human oversight of the technology, and the exploration of a national four-day work week at full-time pay.”
Statement of Lorena Gonzalez condemning the AI Action Plan; coded support relative to worker-guardrail asks.