Int 1101-2026

Int. No. 1101 By The Speaker (Council Member Menin) and Council Members Maloney and Louis A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to civilian enforcement of artificial intelligence violations Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 17 to read as follows: CHAPTER 17 CIVILIAN ENFORCEMENT § 20-1701 Civilian enforcement of artificial intelligence violations. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term “covered provision” means any provision of subchapter 17 of chapter 4 of this title, subchapter 27 of chapter 5 of this title, or subchapter 28 of chapter 5 this title. b. Any natural person, other than personnel of the department and other employees of the city authorized by law to serve notices of violation for violations of the code, may submit to the department a complaint, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, alleging that a person has violated a covered provision. Such complaint shall include all material evidence and information in support of the allegation possessed by such person. The department shall investigate all complaints submitted pursuant to this subdivision unless such a complaint is frivolous, falsified, or duplicative. The department may request additional information as it deems necessary from any person who submitted such a complaint. The department shall promptly share all complaints received pursuant to this subdivision with the corporation counsel. c. No less than 180 days after receiving a complaint pursuant to subdivision b of this section, the department, in collaboration with the corporation counsel, shall notify the person who submitted such complaint that the department, or the corporation counsel, as applicable: 1. Intends to issue a notice of violation or commence a civil action based on the facts alleged in the complaint; 2. Designates the person who submitted such complaint or, if such person is not an attorney, such person’s attorney as a special assistant corporation counsel for purposes of commencing a civil action based on the facts alleged in the complaint; 3. Authorizes the person who submitted such complaint to serve upon the person allegedly in violation, and file with the office of administrative trials and hearings, a notice of violation in a form prescribed by such office based on the facts alleged in the complaint; or 4. Declines to take any of the actions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this subdivision and the reasons for doing so. d. If the department issues a notice of violation or the corporation counsel commences a civil action based on the facts alleged in any complaint submitted pursuant to subdivision b of this section, the person who submitted such complaint shall be entitled to 25 percent of any proceeds recovered by the city as a result of such notice of violation or civil action. e. If a person designated pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision c of this section commences a civil action, or a person authorized pursuant to paragraph 3 of subdivision c of this section serves a notice of violation, based on the facts alleged in a complaint submitted pursuant to subdivision b of this section, the person who submitted such complaint shall be entitled to 50 percent of any proceeds recovered by the city as a result of such civil action or notice of violation. § 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law. REC LS #26887 09/25/2026 10:50 AM