Under its chief, Harmeet Dhillon, the civil rights division of the Justice Department has pushed hard to replenish the ranks of a unit that was once a magnet for top legal talent.

A report by Mark Levine, the New York City comptroller, marks the first major effort by the city’s leaders to engage with the looming question of how A.I. will affect it.

Susannah Flood, seated, and fellow cast members in “Liberation.”