‘It Is the Time to Go Bold’: Alex Bores on New York’s Role in Regulating AI. The Assemblymember behind the RAISE Act says states can’t wait for DC — and describes how the industry weakened New York’s landmark AI safety law.

# ‘It Is the Time to Go Bold’: Alex Bores on New York’s Role in… Source: [https://nysfocus.com/2026/09/14/alex-bores-new-york-ai-regulation](https://nysfocus.com/2026/09/14/alex-bores-new-york-ai-regulation) ## The Assemblymember behind the RAISE Act says states can’t wait for DC — and describes how the industry weakened New York’s landmark AI safety law\. [Akash Mehta](https://nysfocus.com/author/akash)· September 14, 2026 Photo: New York State Assembly Majority; Graphics: OpenAI, Hugging Face, Sumali Ibnu Chamid \| Illustration: Leor Stylar / New York Focus\| New York Focus will also interview Assemblymember Alex Bores and author Garrison Lovely at an event on AI policy on Thursday evening, September 17\. [**Get your ticket here\.**](https://luma.com/kbutec5p) At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works\. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible\. New York is an incongruous state\. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality\. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated\. We passed the nation’s most ambitious climate law — but haven’t been meeting its deadlines and continue to subsidize industries hastening the climate crisis\. As New York’s only statewide nonprofit news publication, our journalism exists to help you make sense of these contradictions\. Our work scrutinizes how power works in the state, unpacks who’s really calling the shots, and reveals how obscure decisions shape ordinary New Yorkers’ lives\. In the last two decades, the number of local news outlets in New York has been nearly slashed in half, allowing elected officials and powerful individuals to increasingly operate in the dark — with the average New Yorker none the wiser\. We’re on a mission to change that\. Our work has already shown what can happen when those with power know that someone is watching, with stories that have prompted policy changes and spurred legislation\. We have ambitious plans for the rest of the year and beyond, including tackling new beats and more hard\-hitting stories — but we need your help to make them a reality\. If you’re able, please consider supporting our journalism with a[one\-time gift](https://nysfocus.com/donate)or a[monthly gift](https://nysfocus.com/donate)\. We can't do this work without you\. Thank you, **Akash Mehta** Editor\-in\-Chief