A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilized Buildings

Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by burtonator on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:43PM (#19537865)

Let's ignore whether this is dystopian or evil for a minute.

Assume that the land lord is right and that this will lower his expenses.

I assume he's going to pass that savings to his tenants or just use it to buy more properties?

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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by AlexTWithBeard on Sunday March 31, 2019 @06:05PM (#19538724)

It's a rent stabilized apartment. The savings have been passed to the tenants even before something was actually saved.

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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by antisthenes on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:59PM (#19537978)

If this is NY, and the buildings are rent-stabilized, he could already be losing money on some apartments by charging below market if the mandated maximum rent increases did not keep up with the rents increases elsewhere in the city.

So to answer your question - maybe? But most likely not. And it's not necessarily evil.

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Re:A Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilize... by everyone on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:17PM (#19538458)

The landlord is not "losing money" in that case.. merely just not profiting as much as otherwise.

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