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Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

A Federal Judge Blocked New York's Ban on Rent-Setting Software, Calling It 'Normal Commercial Conduct' That Happens to Run on Software

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts · Oct 2, 2026 · 4:58

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US District Judge Valerie Caproni issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, September 29, stopping New York from enforcing the landlord provision of its first-in-the-nation ban on algorithmic rent-setting. RealPage, the Thoma Bravo-owned maker of the rent-recommendation software, argued the law violated its First Amendment right to offer advice; the judge called it a 'close call' and found RealPage 'marginally' likely to win because the statute does not distinguish software fed with competitors' private data from software that reads public listings.

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