New York S 8928: Relates to placing a moratorium on selling property tax warrants for the period of COVID-19 state of emergency

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S08928 Summary:

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Enacts the "artificial intelligence workforce impact transparency act"; requires that each notice include a statement as to whether the employment losses described are the result, in whole or in part, of the introduction, expansion, or adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, automation technologies, or machine-based processes that have replaced or materially altered the duties of affected employees; establishes a two year pilot program known as the AI Innovation and Workforce Tracking Initiative to evaluate compliance, data accuracy, and policy impacts of the reporting requirement; requires a report to the governor and legislature.

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BILL NOS08928 

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01/16/2026REFERRED TO LABOR

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8928

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to
 disclose the use of artificial intelligence or automation as a factor
 in workforce reductions under the "New York state worker adjustment
 and retraining notification (WARN) act"; and providing for the repeal
 of certain provisions of law upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "artificial intelligence workforce impact transparency act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and
 4 declares that:
 5 1. Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies are trans-
 6 forming industries and workplaces at an unprecedented pace.
 7 2. While innovation offers significant productivity gains, it also
 8 carries risks of workforce displacement and requires responsive public
 9 policy.
 10 3. The existing worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN)
 11 act provides notice and data on large-scale layoffs but does not
 12 currently identify whether job losses are linked to automation or AI.
 13 4. Collecting and publishing this information will allow New York
 14 state to better understand technological impacts on its workforce,
 15 inform future retraining programs, and guide equitable AI policy devel-
 16 opment.
 17 It is therefore the intent of the legislature to amend the labor law
 18 to require employers to disclose whether layoffs subject to WARN are
 19 due, in whole or in part, to automation or AI deployment.
 20 § 3. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 860-b of the
 21 labor law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2021, are amended and
 22 a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
 23 (d) the chief elected official of the unit or units of local govern-
 24 ment and the school district or districts for the locality of the site

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14156-01-5

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 1 of employment at which the mass layoff, relocation or employment loss
 2 will occur; [and]
 3 (e) each locality which provides police, firefighting, emergency
 4 medical or ambulance services or other emergency services to the site of
 5 employment within which such mass layoff, relocation, or employment loss
 6 will occur, as applicable[.]; and
 7 (f) (i) Each notice required under this section shall include a state-
 8 ment indicating whether the employment losses described are the result,
 9 in whole or in part, of the introduction, expansion, or adoption of
 10 artificial intelligence (AI) systems, automation technologies, or
 11 machine-based processes that have replaced or materially altered the
 12 duties of affected employees.
 13 (ii) Such statement shall also include, to the extent known by the
 14 employer at the time of notice:
 15 (A) The estimated percentage of positions affected due to such auto-
 16 mation or AI