Local Law 35 — New York City's Annual Public Inventory of Municipal Algorithmic Tools

Local Law 35 of 2022 requires every New York City agency to report annually to the Mayor's Office on each algorithmic tool — defined as any machine-learning, AI or predictive-analytics process used to make or assist decisions materially affecting the public's rights, benefits or safety — that it used during the prior year, including the tool's purpose, the data it draws on and any vendor's role. The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) compiles agency submissions into a public annual report, released as PDF, JSON, XML and CSV.

The 2023 compliance report counted 46 algorithmic tools in use across 14 city agencies, up roughly sixfold from just 8 tools identified a decade earlier — a jump that reflects both real growth in AI adoption and improved compliance awareness. Around 35% of the listed tools process personally identifying information such as names, location or health data.

OTI itself acknowledged that early reports suffered from inconsistent terminology across agencies and issued clearer shared definitions to improve future compliance — an honest admission that the inventory's completeness depends on how consistently individual agencies interpret the law's scope. The report catalogues tools in use; it does not itself evaluate whether those tools work well or are used fairly.

Read the full analysis: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/algorithmic-tools-compliance-report