Politics & Government Active Updated Oct 6, 2026
The Council's AI regulation push
City Council Speaker Julie Menin filed a slate of bills to regulate artificial intelligence use by New York City agencies and companies, including a required 'kill switch' for AI systems and penalties up to $25,000 for unvalidated systems, plus protections for AI whistleblowers. The bills head to a full Council hearing Oct. 5, setting up a fight over how far the city goes in regulating AI.
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Oct 6, 2026 Latest
The City Council questioned executives from Google, Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI under oath at its AI hearing, and none would put a number on the odds of a catastrophe, City & State and Bronx Times reported. Speaker Julie Menin is pursuing Elon Musk's SpaceXAI in court after it skipped its subpoena.
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Sep 28, 2026
The City Council subpoenaed Elon Musk's SpaceXAI to testify under oath at the Oct. 5 hearing, City & State and Bronx Times reported. OpenAI, Google and Anthropic agreed to appear only after subpoena threats, and Meta signed on without one.
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Sep 25, 2026
City Council Speaker Julie Menin filed a slate of bills to regulate artificial intelligence, including a required 'kill switch' for AI systems and penalties of up to $25,000 for unvalidated systems, plus a proposal to pay AI whistleblowers, ahead of an Oct. 5 hearing of the full Council, 6sqft and Bronx Times reported.
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