Law / United States / New York / New York City
Establishing a Private Cause of Action for Certain Harms Arising from Third-Party Misuse of Artificial Intelligence ModelsNew, proposed
In committee, dated , as of .
An AI governance rule binding private bodies.
- What it reaches
- duty
As of .
Where it has got to
The text described here is Bill text as posted on the Council's legislation record, with no amendment letter, published .
Locally, this stage is introduced by the Council on and in the Committee of the Whole, which heard it as a pre-considered (P-C) item and laid it over on .
The stage above is recorded at legistar.council.nyc.gov.
The Committee of the Whole heard the item as a pre-considered item and laid it over on . The Council formally introduced it on as Int. No. 1116 of 2026, and the record shows it in the Committee of the Whole. The record carries no amendment letter and does not date the publication of the text, so the version date shown is that of the first recorded action.
What it requires
- This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet; what follows is what it would require if enacted in this form.
- It would expose an artificial intelligence provider to a civil action, for damages including punitive damages and for injunctive relief, over foreseeable harm occurring in the city that a third-party user causes by misusing or maliciously using its model, where the provider failed to implement reasonable safeguards against that misuse.
What this law does
This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet.
Sponsored by Council Member Virginia Maloney, it would let a person sue an artificial intelligence provider, meaning any person that makes an artificial intelligence model available for commercial or public use, for harm occurring in the city that a third-party user caused by misusing or maliciously using the model, including by circumventing its ethical guardrails, content filters or safety restrictions, where the provider failed to implement reasonable safeguards against that misuse and the harm was foreseeable.
A court could award damages, including punitive damages, injunctive relief and other appropriate remedies, and the bill would take effect immediately.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app generates content with AI, deploys a chatbot, makes high-risk automated decisions or distributes a software product.