Bores Opposed 5 Key New York AI Guardrail Bills as NY-12 Race Sharpens
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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 1
Bores Opposed 5 Key New York AI Guardrail Bills as NY-12 Race Sharpens
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 1
Five New York AI guardrail bills drew opposition from Assemblymember Alex Bores, including measures on hiring tools, lending, health data and state-agency automated decision-making, undercutting his image as the district’s leading AI legislator.
Bores said his no votes reflected bill design rather than opposition to regulation, citing broad definitions, unpriced compliance costs for small businesses and one labor proposal that could block AI-driven job displacement until a study due by 2034.
His record was mixed on some measures: he backed the LOADinG Act in committee before voting no on the floor, later supported a related disclosure bill, and eventually voted for a reworked health-data measure that Hochul vetoed.
The votes are becoming campaign ammunition in the NY-12 contest, with rival Sam Schlossberg attacking Bores over AI-industry backing and Micah Lasher also promoting his own tech-regulation credentials.
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