Since 2015, the Department has posted to its website nonbinding drafts of various regulatory amendments for public comment prior to the formal process for proposing and adopting regulations. The Department solicited public comments, and the draft regulations were amended in response to those comments over the years. Last summer the Department posted final draft regulations to its website. The current proposed regulations contain various changes from the 2022 draft regulations and have been formally proposed by the Department pursuant...

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Under a recently introduced bill, employers across New York State could face new restrictions on the electronic surveillance of workers and the growing use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make employment decisions. Quick Hits Proposed New York State bill would restrict employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated employment decision-making technology. The bill would require employers to notify employees and job candidates that such tools are being used and specifically require automated employment decision tools to...

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Performance-Based Excelsior Jobs Program to Support Creation of Up to 80 New Jobs | Expansion Builds on Prior Investments in Taystee Lab Building, Harlem Biospace to Grow New York's Life Sciences Sector | Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Schrödinger, Inc. - whose physics-based computational platform is transforming the way therapeutics and materials are discovered - is investing $7.6 million to expand operations at its headquarters in New York City. Schrödinger will lease additional space at 1540 Broadway as it grows...

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