NEW YORK — New York officials are preparing to expand state oversight of artificial intelligence as the Trump administration resists new federal restrictions and concerns grow about the risks posed by increasingly powerful systems. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that New York has a responsibility to act while Washington remains on the sidelines. The state’s first major AI safety law, the RAISE Act, is scheduled to take effect in January, but Hochul and Democratic lawmakers are already discussing additional proposals for the legislative session ahead. “I believe we have an obligation to ensure that technological progress does not come at our own peril,” Hochul told reporters after an AI workforce event in New York City. “So while Washington refuses to act, here in New York we’re stepping up.” Hochul did not identify specific new measures she plans to pursue. She pointed to the RAISE Act and a one-year moratorium on new data centers that she issued in July as signs that New York is moving ahead without federal leadership. The RAISE Act was modified during negotiations between Hochul and lawmakers to address concerns from the technology industry and more closely align it with California’s AI legislation before the governor signed it in December. Hochul said she had not recently discussed new AI measures with legislators, though lawmakers are actively developing proposals for next year. State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez, who chairs the Senate Internet and Technology Committee, said New York should build an AI policy around individual rights, corporate accountability and public transparency. She criticized technology executives who warn that AI development is moving too quickly while opposing state regulation. “I don’t think we can trust the same people who got us into this mess to get us out of it,” Gonzalez said. Among the measures awaiting Hochul’s action is a bill sponsored by Gonzalez that would impose limits on chatbots used by minors. Assembly candidate Brian Romero, a former Gonzalez staffer who is expected to win a New York City seat in November, has also suggested a state ban on “superintelligence,” echoing a national proposal backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Romero said lawmakers should begin addressing risks involving chatbots, advanced or “frontier” AI models and the possibility of catastrophic harm rather than waiting for Congress. “We can’t just wait for the federal government,” he said. “We all have to look at these various pieces.” President Donald Trump has pushed back against calls for stronger federal AI rules, dismissing warnings about the technology as a “HOAX.” That opposition has helped intensify pressure on states such as New York to establish their own safeguards, though a patchwork of state laws could also create different requirements for companies operating nationwide. The state’s AI debate increasingly includes the large data centers needed to train and run advanced models. Hochul’s administration on Tuesday released a framework intended to help communities negotiate with data-center developers. The guidance recommends that communities seek at least $1 million per megawatt in investment for local priorities. It also urges municipalities to be cautious about signing nondisclosure agreements with developers and says any such agreements should be narrowly limited. The state’s leading business group has criticized the proposed community-investment standard. Democratic lawmakers say voluntary guidance is not enough. They are urging Hochul to sign a broader data-center package that would extend the moratorium beyond the one-year executive order and impose additional requirements on large projects. Some lawmakers want to prohibit nondisclosure agreements between local governments and developers altogether. The proposals reflect concerns that data centers could consume substantial amounts of electricity and reshape communities while offering limited public visibility into negotiations. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday that he supports a nationwide data-center moratorium and called for federal policies to slow the pace of AI development. “We’re talking about companies that are bringing up the end of humanity as a possible outcome of this technology,” Mamdani said. “It has been a very flip response to that level of concern.” With the RAISE Act still months away from taking effect, New York’s next steps could determine how far a state can go in regulating a fast-changing industry when national rules remain unsettled.