New York
14%
4/28
AI Gap Index
0/10
Schools
2/8
Workforce
2/6
Governance
0/4
Access
Schools 0/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 0
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 2/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 2 Local Law 144 requires bias audits for automated employment decision tools; employers must notify candidates; one of the most specific AI employment laws in the US [1]
Civil Service & Governance 2/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 NYC DCWP has enforcement authority over Local Law 144; RAISE Act (signed Dec 22, 2025, effective Jan 2027) establishes a DFS AI safety office to oversee frontier AI model developers; dim 10 remains 1 (advisory/oversight body, not full training regulator) [1]
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 1 Governor Hochul expanded AI training (InnovateUS two-part programme) to all 100,000+ state employees (Apr 2026); training is required for state agencies that adopt the AI Pro tool; a defined programme exists but training is not universally mandated for all civil servants working with AI systems, and no deployment-gate verification mechanism is established [3]
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 0/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 14, 2026 4/28 dim11 updated to 1: Governor Hochul expanded AI training (InnovateUS, two-part) to all 100k+ state employees; training required for AI Pro-adopting agencies; defined programme exists but not universally mandated across all civil servants and no deployment-gate verification
April 6, 2026 3/28 Refresh: RAISE Act signed Dec 2025 creates DFS AI safety office (frontier model oversight); no change to scores — dim 10 already at 1; RAISE Act covers developer safety obligations, not AI literacy or training
March 17, 2026 3/28 Governance rescore: dim10=1 (DCWP named authority), dim12=0 (DCWP enforces audit requirements for AI hiring tools, not training obligations)
March 17, 2026 3/28 Initial scoring from research archive