auditll144 is a structurally separate practice from Lexara Advisory. We audit automated employment decision tools under NYC Local Law 144 for employers and employment agencies operating in New York City — and we do not provide AI governance consulting to our audit clients, because independence requires it.
NYC Local Law 144 (Admin Code §§ 20-870 to 20-874) requires that any automated employment decision tool used to substantially assist or replace discretionary decision-making in hiring or promotion for New York City positions undergo an annual bias audit by an independent auditor — with a public summary of the audit and a candidate notice informing job applicants that an AEDT is being used.
Statistical analysis of AEDT outputs across protected categories, consistent with DCWP Final Rules. Selection rate, impact ratio, and score metrics as the rule requires.
The summary of the most recent bias audit must be posted publicly and remain accessible to applicants before the AEDT is used.
The audit must be performed no more than one year before use. A renewal schedule and documentation trail prevent lapses that trigger civil penalties ($500–$1,500 per day, per violation).
Under the DCWP Final Rules implementing Local Law 144, an independent auditor is a person or organization that has not been involved in using, developing, or distributing the AEDT, does not have an employment relationship with the employer or vendor, and does not have a direct financial interest — or a material indirect financial interest — with those parties.
auditll144 is operated by the same founder as Lexara Advisory LLC but functions as a structurally separate auditing practice. The rule is simple: if a company is an audit client of auditll144, it is not a consulting client of Lexara Advisory, and vice versa. Companies seeking AI governance consulting are served by Lexara; companies seeking an independent bias audit are served here.
The founder of auditll144 is a Spanish-barred lawyer (ICATF 5961) with legal education in two EU member states and practice experience in EU regulatory law. This is relevant because the most frequent LL144 audit clients in 2026 are companies simultaneously exposed to the EU AI Act — and a bias audit that does not anticipate how the same AEDT will be classified under Annex III is an audit done only halfway.
Employers and employment agencies that use an AEDT to substantially assist or replace discretionary decision-making for hiring or promotion decisions in NYC, where the candidate resides in the city or the position is located there.
An automated computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics or AI, used to issue simplified output (score, classification, recommendation) that substantially assists or replaces discretionary decision-making affecting candidates or employees. The DCWP Final Rules refine the operational definition.
No. Lexara Advisory consults on AI governance but does not audit its own consulting clients — that would violate the independence requirement. auditll144 operates separately and audits companies that are not current Lexara consulting clients.
Most AEDTs used for NYC hiring are simultaneously classified as high-risk systems under Annex III of the EU AI Act when deployed by companies with EU exposure. The LL144 bias audit and the EU AI Act conformity assessment answer different questions, but the documentation overlaps meaningfully. We account for both when designing the audit deliverable.
NYC Admin Code § 20-872 authorizes civil penalties of $500 for the first violation and each additional violation on the same day, and between $500 and $1,500 for each subsequent violation. Each day of use of a non-compliant AEDT is a separate violation.
Verified against NYC Admin Code and DCWP Final Rules. No recycled commentary.
DCWP filings, compliance rate reality, and what triggers an investigation.
Read → DefinitionsThe "substantially assist or replace" threshold — and where vendors have tried to wriggle.
Read → IndependenceWhat the rule actually disqualifies, and the documentation trail an audit needs.
Read →If your AEDT needs an independent audit, request a quote below. If you need consulting on LL144 compliance and have no current audit relationship with us, we'll refer you to Lexara Advisory.
LL144 + EU AI Act guidance