2026-09-30T15:37:36.59Z / 路透社
作者：乔纳森·斯坦普尔
2026年9月30日 世界标准时间15:37 更新于32分钟前
2025年8月6日，美国纽约市哈莱姆区一栋公寓楼的窗户外挂满了空调外机。路透社/凯莉·库珀/资料图片
纽约，9月30日（路透社）—— 曼哈顿一名联邦法官阻止纽约州执行一项前所未有的法律，该法律禁止房东和房地产行业专业人士使用算法定价工具设定、并可能推高住宅租金。
美国地区法官瓦莱丽·卡普龙尼周二发布初步禁令，支持私募股权公司托马·布拉沃旗下的软件提供商RealPage。该公司称，这项法律通过限制其软件定价推荐功能的使用，侵犯了其第一修正案规定的言论自由权利。
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- 这项反垄断法案于去年10月由州长凯西·霍楚尔签署，最初由州参议员布拉德·霍伊尔曼-西格尔发起，他目前已就任曼哈顿区长。
- 霍伊尔曼-西格尔表示，该法案将帮助纽约打击人为推高租金、导致该州许多居民难以负担住房的行为。在卡普龙尼审理此案期间，纽约州已暂停执行该法律。
- 卡普龙尼在长达27页的判决书中表示，尽管这是一个“棘手的难题”，但RealPage“略微”有可能证明该法律违宪。
- 她写道：“这项法案打着防止价格操纵的旗号，仅仅因为商业行为是通过软件实现的就加以禁止。无论你是住宅房东还是小部件制造商，在决定自己产品的定价时，参考竞争对手的收费标准都并无不妥。”
- 纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯的办公室为该法案辩护称，纽约州有权监管那些对住房租赁市场“造成严重破坏”的科技公司的反竞争行为。该办公室还表示，这项法规监管的是行为而非保护言论。
- 詹姆斯的办公室周三拒绝置评。霍伊尔曼-西格尔的办公室未立即回复置评请求。RealPage的一位发言人也未立即置评。
- 总部位于德克萨斯州理查森的RealPage在与美国司法部达成和解协议两天后提起诉讼，同意限制其算法软件使用竞争对手的非公开数据生成定价推荐。
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Judge blocks New York rent-setting software ban
2026-09-30T15:37:36.59Z / Reuters
By Jonathan Stempel
September 30, 2026 3:37 PM UTC Updated 32 mins ago
Air conditioning units fill the windows of an apartment building in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan blocked New York state from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law prohibiting landlords and real estate industry professionals from using algorithmic pricing tools to set, and potentially inflate, residential rents.
US District Judge Valerie Caproni issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday in favor of RealPage, a software provider owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which said the law violated its First Amendment free speech rights by restricting use of its software’s pricing recommendations.
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- The antitrust law was signed in October by Governor Kathy Hochul and sponsored by Brad Hoylman-Sigal, then a state senator and now Manhattan borough president.
- Hoylman-Sigal said the law would help New York crack down on practices that artificially inflated rents and made living in the state unaffordable for many. The state put the law on hold while Caproni considered the case.
- In her 27-page decision, Caproni said that while it was a “close call,” RealPage was “marginally” likely to show that the law was unconstitutional.
- “Under the rubric of preventing price fixing, the statute prohibits normal commercial conduct just because it is facilitated by software,” she wrote. “Whether one is considering a residential landlord or a manufacturer of widgets, there is nothing untoward about considering prices charged by competitors when deciding how to price one’s own product.”
- The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James defended the law, saying the state could regulate anticompetitive conduct by technology companies that “wreaked havoc” on the housing rental market. It also said the law regulated conduct rather than protected speech.
- James’ office declined to comment on Wednesday. Hoylman-Sigal’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A RealPage spokesperson had no immediate comment.
- Richardson, Texas-based RealPage sued two days after reaching a settlement with the US Department of Justice and agreeing to restrict its algorithmic software from using non-public data from competitors to generate price recommendations.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Mark Porter
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