About 

The ADS Task Force was established by Local Law 49 of 2018. The law requires the Task Force to write a set of recommendations that address the following:

• A procedure for impacted individuals to request information on decisions involving automated decision systems;
• A procedure for the City to determine any disproportionate impact on protected categories of persons;
• A procedure for addressing any individual instances of “harm” if a system disproportionately impacts protected categories of persons;
• Feasibility analysis of archiving agency systems and its associated data;
• A process for publicly disclosing information about agency systems; and
• Criteria for identifying which systems should be subject to one or more of the above.

The Task Force submitted its report in November 2019.

Clarification of Terms:
To aid its discussions, the Task Force drafted a clarification of terms.