Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from landlords
The comments seem to be missing the two key aspects: accessibility and surveillance.<p>The smart lock <i>requires</i> you to have a charged, working smartphone that you can use in order to get into your own apartment. One of the claimants is 93 and lacks the manual dexterity to do that.<p>On top of that, smart locks can report when you enter and exit your home to the landlord; and, if under the landlord control, can provide other people with a pseudo-legitimate access to it. I don't know what the tenancy law is in NY, but in the UK this is supposed to require the permission of the tenant except in an emergency.<p>(Does anyone have the search expertise to find the actual case from NY public records?)