In 2025, the New York Department of Labor updated the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act system, asking businesses to disclose whether layoffs are related to artificial intelligence (AI). In the year since the change took effect, no business has reported AI as a reason for layoffs. This result points to one of two conclusions: either AI is not contributing to mass layoffs in New York, or AI is contributing to layoffs and businesses are not reporting it.
