During her 2025 State of the State Address on January 14, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to support workers displaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) by requiring employers who engage in mass layoffs or closings subject to New York’s state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification law (“NY WARN”) to disclose whether AI automation played a role in the layoffs. Governor Hochul stated that the goal of these disclosures is to understand “the potential impact of […]
Governor Hochul Proposes NY WARN AI Disclosure for Mass Layoffs