David Reiss
@davidjreiss.bsky.social
Cornell Law & Cornell Tech prof interested in real estate, housing, fintech
I thought it was important to sign onto this letter regarding Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: ldad.org/letters-brie...
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia – LDAD
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I am teaching an online course with Robert MacKenzie on July 9th about Generative AI for Business Transactions: Practical Applications for Professionals through eCornell: ecornell.cornell.edu/courses/arti...
Generative AI for Business Transactions: Practical Applications for Professionals - eCornell
In this eCornell course, you will examine five of the most widely used marketing strategy frameworks; practice segmentation, targeting and positioning; and examine the role of pricing as a strategic t...
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Excited to be newly affiliated with Cornell Law School’s Center for Law and AI, along with my colleague Robert MacKenzie. A list of other affiliated faculty members, led by Center Director Jed Stiglitz, can be found here: sites.lawschool.cornell.edu/ai/faculty/
Faculty – Center for Law and AI
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Cornell Law School is hiring a transactional clinician: apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...
Academic Career Opportunities
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Cornell is Hiring a Transactional Clinician
Cornell Law School is hiring! We are looking for a clinical professor of entrepreneurship law who will work with our Entrepreneurship Law Clinic and our Blassberg-Rice Center for Entrepreneurship L…
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Happy to be part of the conversation about the future of AI and legal education at Cornell Law School. forum.lawschool.cornell.edu/ai-and-legal...
AI and Legal Education – FORUM
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The Real Deal: NYC’s Rent Stabilization Crisis
The Real Deal quoted me in NY’s Rent Stabilization Crisis. It reads, in part, The goal for rent-stabilized housing, as panelists from the landlord and tenant sides agreed at a sold-out New Yo…
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Rising Property Tax Assessments
I was interviewed by North Country Public Radio in Canton’s Reassessment Doubled Many Home Values. How Does That Affect Taxes? The story reads, Last month, Canton residents started receiving…
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NYC Rent Adjustments and Freezes
NY1 interviewed me this morning in Former Rent Guidelines Board Chair Talks Process, Possibility of Freezing Rent: Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to freeze the rent on nearly 1 million stabilized a…
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Current Issues in Affordable Housing in New York City
I will be moderating a panel on Rent Freezes, the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA), and Nonpayment at this in-person New York City Bar program on May 7th. The registratio…
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Incorporating AI Tools Into Your Legal Practice
I published Advice for Incorporating AI Tools Into Your Legal Practice along with Celia Bigoness and Robert MacKenzie in the National Law Review. It reads, We have been speaking with many lawyers a…
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NYC’s rent-stabilization system faces a key test as a rent freeze is considered. In @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social, Cornell Tech professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social and Nestor Davidson—both former Rent Guidelines Board chairs—explain how the Board works. https://bit.ly/4dz2H8a @cornelllaw.bsky.social
Can Mayor Mamdani Freeze the Rent? It’s Complicated
Two former Rent Guidelines Board chairs explain how the process really works.
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Can Mayor Mamdani Freeze the Rent? It’s Complicated.
I published a column with Nestor Davidson in Vital City, Can Mayor Mamdani Freeze the Rent? It’s Complicated. It reads, Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor who promised as a candidate to…
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What happens when blockchain meets housing? Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social has a @law360.bsky.social column, co‑written with former Entrepreneurship Law Clinic student Biying Cheng, breaking down this fast‑unfolding issue of real estate & crypto: https://bit.ly/40p7pxk @cornelllaw.bsky.social
When Tokenized Real-World Assets Collide With Real World - Law360 UK
The city of Detroit's ongoing case against Real Token, alleging building code and safety violations across over 400 Detroit residential properties, highlights the brave new world we face when real est...
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Feet to The Fire on Property Taxes
Newsweek interviewed me for Mamdani’s Property Tax Plans Holding Hochul’s Feet to Fire, Expert Says. It reads, in part, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for a 9.5 percent property tax …
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Mamdani’s Property Tax Hike Proposal
ABC News interviewed me in New York Mayor Mamdani’s Property Tax Hike Proposal Puts Pressure on Taxing Millionaires. It reads, in part, David Reiss, a clinical professor of law at Cornell Law…
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Mamdani’s First 50 Days: Housing Edition
I was interviewed for AMNewYork’s story, Mamdani’s First 50 Days. It reads, in part, For Professor David Reiss, a Cornell University housing expert and former chair of the Rent Guidelin…
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When Tokenized Real-World Assets Collide With The Real World
Biying Cheng and I have a column in Law 360, When Tokenized Real-World Assets Collide With Real World. It reads, The city of Detroit filed a public nuisance lawsuit in July of last year in the Mich…
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Why does everything feel more expensive today than in the '50s? Professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social, a leading voice on housing policy, helps unpack this question in a @marketplace.org feature on the arc of prices, inflation & affordability in America: https://bit.ly/460GbAG @cornelllaw.bsky.social
Why do cars, housing and clothing cost much more than they did in the 1950s?
It seems obvious that products will get more expensive over time. But that wasn’t always the case before the mid-20th century.
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Consumer Law Awardee, alongside Senator Warren
David J. Reiss (right), clinical professor of law and research director of the Blassberg-Rice Center on Entrepreneurship Law at Cornell Tech and Kara Bruce (left), head of the AALS Section on Comme…
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Why Was Housing So Much Cheaper in the 1950s?
inequaltiMarketplace quoted me in Why Do Cars, Housing and Clothing Cost Much More Than They Did in the 1950s? It reads, in part, Question: Why did a pair of jeans, a box of rice, cars, houses and …
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Is It a Homebuyer’s Market?
Marketplace quoted me in Is It Really a Homebuyer’s Market Now? It reads, in part, Housing prices are dropping and buyers are scoring steep discounts on their purchases, indicating that the real es…
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Curious about the daily AI habits that other lawyers have adopted in their practice.
Cornell Tech@cornelltech.bsky.social · 7mo agoHow should the next generation of lawyers be trained for an AI‑driven world? A new @bloomberglaw.com piece co-authored by professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social argues that legal education must evolve fast to prepare students to use AI responsibly and effectively in practice: https://bit.ly/49FJSN8
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Integrating AI Tools Into Law School Teaching
Robert MacKenzie and I have an article in Bloomberg Law, Law Schools Should Teach How to Integrate AI Tools Into Practice. It reads, Now that artificial intelligence tools for lawyers are widely av…
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Congrats to professor @davidjreiss.bsky.social, who was honored with the Juliet Moringiello Mentorship Award by The AALS Section on Commercial and Consumer Law. This award recognizes his commitment to mentoring faculty in commercial & consumer law. View the full list: https://bit.ly/49pZpQR
AALS Announces 2026 Section Award Winners | AALS Lens
The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2026 section awards. The awards are hosted by several of the association’s 108 sections organized around various...
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Federal Home Loan Banks during Financial Stress
I was happy to participate in the discussion group process for Government Accountability Office’s report, Federal Home Loan Banks: Role During Financial Stress and Members’ Borrowing Tr…
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Housing Stability in the Mamdani Administration
I am looking forward to the discussion tonight on Housing Stability in the Mamdani Administration, hosted by the Urban Design Forum. While it is sold out, we will be discussing “what a potent…
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More on the 50-Year Mortgage
Marketplace interviewed me in Trump Floated a 50-Year Mortgage to Address Housing Affordability. How Would That Work? The transcript reads, President Donald Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage over t…
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Trump & Pulte’s 50-Year Mortgage
Politico quoted me in ‘Band-Aid,’ ‘Distraction’: Experts Slam Pulte, Trump 50-Year Mortgage Idea. It opens, The Trump administration is entertaining a potential plan for the government to back 50-y…
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