Comply · United States
NYC Local Law 144 — AEDT bias audit
NYC bias-audit law for hiring algorithms.
New York City Local Law 144 requires that automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) undergo an independent bias audit before use and annually thereafter, that audit results be published, and that candidates receive notice that an AEDT is being used.
Who it applies to
Employers and employment agencies using AEDTs to screen NYC candidates or employees.
Key obligations
- Commission an independent bias audit before use
- Repeat the bias audit at least annually
- Publish a summary of audit results
- Notify candidates that an AEDT is in use
How Maetra maps agents to NYC LL144
Maetra flags AEDT-class agents in the inventory, tracks bias-audit evidence and cadence in Comply, and records candidate-notice controls in the audit trail.
In practice, Maetra:
- Scans and fingerprints each agent. Discover reads the agent’s code — its tools, data access and sensitivity, actions, model, and environment — into an evidence-backed profile tied to the exact file and commit.
- Decides what applies. That profile determines whether NYC LL144 is in scope for the agent and which of its requirements apply.
- Auto-detects controls and surfaces gaps. Controls your code already satisfies are detected automatically from the scan; the rest become a clear list of gaps, each tied to the requirement and the evidence it still needs.
- Proves it and keeps it current. Close gaps with linked evidence or generated documents — reused across every framework the same control supports — and Maetra re-checks on each rescan and flags evidence that has gone stale.
Related frameworks
Prove NYC LL144 compliance with Maetra
Classify your AI agents once and Maetra maps them to NYC LL144 and every other framework it supports — generating the evidence and documentation, tracking gaps and deadlines, and sealing every decision in an immutable audit trail.