Home › AI Laws › New York › Scarsdale
AI Laws in Scarsdale, New York
As of 2026-06-17, AI Laws USA tracks 39 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Scarsdale, New York: 10+ federal protections, 28 New York state-level rules, and 1 local Scarsdale ordinance. Coverage is strongest on deepfakes, automated decision-making, AI-generated images, and consumer protection. 22 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Scarsdale local AI rules (and Westchester County)
1 local AI rule specific to Scarsdale, New York or Westchester County.
-
In effect Limited protection
Scarsdale Union Free School District NY
Scarsdale, NY · Effective 2025-09-22 · Scarsdale Union Free School District NY — AI Use Guidance (2025-09-22)
Affluent Westchester district adopted guidance: vetted enterprise AI tools, AI disclosure on graded work, ban on AI as sole basis for placement or discipline, AI literacy integrated into K-12 technology curriculum.
New York-level AI rules most relevant to Scarsdale
28 New York state rules apply to residents and businesses in Scarsdale. Showing the 8 most relevant to Scarsdale's local picture; 20 more are on the New York jurisdiction page.
-
In effect Moderate protection
NY AG
NY · Effective 2024-10-17 · NY AG — Symposium Report on the Next Decade of AI (enforcement priorities) (2024-10-17)
James outlines enforcement priorities: hiring tool bias, GenAI misinformation, deepfakes, ADS. References LL144 precedent; previews state ADS guidance and legislative recommendations.
-
In effect Limited protection
New York Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act (personalized prices need a label)
New York · Effective 2025-11-10 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 349-A (art. 22-A)
If a business sets the price of a product or service using an algorithm that draws on your personal data, and then shows that personalized price to you as a New York consumer, it has to tell you so with the notice: 'THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.' The goal is to make personalized 'surveillance pricing' visible rather than hidden. The Attorney General enforces the rule and can seek up to $1,000 per violation after a cease-and-desist notice.
-
In effect Moderate protection
NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn)
NY · Effective 2021-05-29 · Ch. 304 of 2020 (S5959-D); N.Y. Civ. Rights Law §§ 50-f, 52-c
Signed by Governor Cuomo on November 30, 2020, NY S5959-D was the first state law to (1) extend right of publicity to digital replicas of deceased personalities for 40 years, and (2) create a private right of action against unlawful publication of sexually explicit deepfakes. Landmark precedent — direct ancestor of CA AB 1836 (2024) and NY's 2023-2025 digital-replica laws.
-
In effect Moderate protection
NY AI digital replica law
NY · Effective 2024-08-13 · N.Y. Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f, 50-g; Ch. 219 and 220 of 2024
New York governor signed laws making vague AI digital-replica clauses in personal-services contracts unenforceable and reinforcing the state's right-of-publicity protections for AI-generated voice and likeness fraud. Builds on NY's existing Civil Rights Law §§ 50-f and 50-g.
-
In effect Limited protection
NY AG James AI scam consumer alert
NY · Effective 2024-10-17 · NY OAG Press Release (Oct. 17, 2024)
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued consumer alerts warning New Yorkers about AI voice-cloning grandparent scams, AI romance and pig-butchering schemes, and AI investment fraud — and pledged enforcement under New York's GBL § 349 against deceptive AI uses.
-
In effect Limited protection
NY AV testing pilot
New York · Effective 2017-04-10 · N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1226; Part FF, Ch. 55, Laws of 2017
New York requires AV operators to obtain DMV pilot-program authorization, maintain a licensed human safety driver behind the wheel, post a $5 million insurance bond, and coordinate with State Police for each test deployment. New York remains one of the most restrictive states — fully driverless operation is not authorized as of 2026.
-
In effect Moderate protection
New York S7882 (felony to use algorithms to coordinate residential rents)
New York · Effective 2025-12-15 · N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law 340-b (S7882, 2025)
This law makes it a crime to help residential landlords coordinate the rents they charge instead of competing with one another, including by operating or licensing software, a data-analytics service, or an algorithmic tool that performs a rent-setting coordination function across two or more landlords. The conduct must be done knowingly or recklessly. Violations are a Class E felony, with fines up to $1 million for a corporation and up to $100,000 or up to four years in prison for an individual.
-
In effect Limited protection
NY Bar AI Report
NY · Effective 2024-04-06 · NYSBA AI Task Force Report (Apr. 6, 2024)
The New York State Bar adopted recommendations on AI in legal practice covering competence, confidentiality, supervision, candor to the court, and advertising — explicitly noting that 'hallucination' sanctions in Mata v. Avianca apply to all New York lawyers using AI.
Federal AI rules that apply in Scarsdale, New York
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Scarsdale, New York. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
-
In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup issued a split ruling: training on lawfully purchased books was fair use, but ingesting pirated copies from LibGen was not. In September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement — the largest AI copyright recovery to date.
-
In effect Stronger protection
Banner v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Banner v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The verdict awarded $243M (later reduced to ~$220M) — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
-
In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
-
In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
-
In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is constitutional and dispositive. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
-
In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 3d 467 (D. Del. 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. The 2023 jury trial verdict had been deadlocked; the 2025 ruling resolved liability.
-
In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
-
In effect Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2024-04-30 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 30, 2024)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was permanently enjoined as unconstitutional in April 2024.
-
In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
-
In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
Frequently asked questions about AI laws in Scarsdale, New York
Are there AI laws in Scarsdale, New York?
What federal AI rules apply in Scarsdale?
Does New York have an AI privacy law?
Are deepfakes illegal in New York?
Can my employer use AI to screen me for jobs in Scarsdale?
How do I report an AI law violation in Scarsdale?
Are facial recognition cameras allowed in Scarsdale?
Is Scarsdale regulated by New York's consumer privacy act?
Have we missed an AI rule in Scarsdale?
This page is generated from our open civic dataset. If you know of a Scarsdale ordinance, county rule, or local enforcement action we should add, email [email protected] or submit a correction. Every entry must include a verifiable source.