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Jersey City just banned landlords from using AI to set rent — a first for the Garden State
Advocates of the ordinance claim the use of software helps landlords artificially inflate rents and constrain supply.
EEOC Cuts Funding to States’ Workplace Transgender Bias Probes
The EEOC plans to stop paying state regulators to investigate bias against transgender workers or unintentional bias against ...
Is AI raising your rent? We asked leasing agents on apartment tours
A hidden camera investigation found leasing agents well aware the rents they advertise are heavily influenced by ...
GOP tax bill threatens local bans on rent algorithms
A provision tucked into the megabill would end state and local oversight of artificial intelligence and automated decision ...
Feds sue 4 N.J. cities over immigration policies, mayors say they won’t back down
A federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice accuses four New Jersey cities — Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken — of violating federal law by refusing to cooperate with ...
3 corrections officers acquitted of beating incarcerated man at N.J. prison
Orlando Mercado, Steven Roberts Jr., and Maton Wilkins — all employed by the New Jersey Department of Corrections — were ...
In wake of holiday violence, officials call for increased support, tools for Seaside cops
After Memorial Day weekend turned into a rowdy, uncontrollable holiday in Seaside Heights, a Monmouth County PBA and a state ...
Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims
The E.E.O.C. said it would stop paying state and local civil rights agencies for claims from transgender employees or those ...