Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from landlords
The comments seem to be missing the two key aspects: accessibility and surveillance.The smart lock requires 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.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.(Does anyone have the search expertise to find the actual case from NY public records?)