Menin asks panel about OAA and validator mechanisms

Speaker Minna.

Okay, thank you.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Just a couple quick comments slash questions.

For TechNYC, thank you for your comments.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

We appreciate that.

And as I said at the beginning of the hearing, we very much want to ensure that New York City stays the tech capital of the world.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

We want to promote innovation.

We want these tech companies to locate here.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

We want startups to locate here.

And so I understand your comment, and this is why we have been very focused on hearing from the frontier companies as we did today, which I think was really important.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So, Noelle, is it Noelle?

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Okay, thank you.

You mentioned the Office of Algorithmic Accountability.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

You know, as you might have heard earlier when we had the city administration here and OTI, you know, I've been concerned that that office is not up and running yet.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Thoughts on what needs to be done there and how we can quickly make sure that that office is doing the critical work we need it to do.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Thank you for that question.

And thank you for those pointed questions at OTI.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Inside, so in the wonderful chaos that is OTI, there is the Office of Data Strategy that help maintains the city's open data portal and have been helping maintain the data standards.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

They're the team that right now that hold the keys to the city's GitHub co-pilot capability.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So every single developer or technical person in the city that wants to use an authorized and approved AI system already

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

has a team that's been trained and that's willing to go and work and more or less do the missionary work across the city to ensure that the city's developers and technical teams have the skills and the capability to use AI safely so that way they can start

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

growing their capability.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

When it comes down to, so they have that framework in place.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

The Office of Algorithmic Accountability is supposed to be kind of that grander, scaled-up version.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

The problem that we have is that this is about booting up a brand-new office in a brand-new administration when priority...

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

have been changing.

And so the frustration that I continue to have and that I've heard from inside is the fact that OMB is holding back the ability for OTI to make those hires and then to actually start that office.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

But there's still going to be time.

You've worked in government.

You know that it takes at least six months to get those people kind of doing all those first introductory conversations.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

We can skip that.

There's already a team in place that knows how to do that.

Great, thank you.

And then lastly, sir, you mentioned about the tort law, which I thought was very interesting.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So on the question of your idea of expanding the tort law, I did want to say Council Member Maloney has a bill that would create a private right of action.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So we do have that bill as part of this legislative package.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Yes.

Not amending the tort law, but creating that private right of action.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So a little different, but I appreciated your comments.