NYDOS v. PCL and LaLa Wang (unlicensed AIV)
Posted by LaLa on 02 Jun 2007
New York Department of State revoked the real estate broker’s license of MLX principal LaLa Wang because MLX refused to obtain an Apartment Information Vendor (“AIV”) license. The AIV law, adopted two decades before Internet commerce became a reality, does not contemplate online services such as MLX. Applying the law to online real estate services, as NYDOS is attempting to do, puts MLX and similar services into a Hobson’s choice of taking the AIV license and a)eliminating all real-time, on-demand services desired by consumers or b) providing efficient pro-consumer services not in compliance with the AIV law. Consigning online real estate services to this predicament doesn’t help the millions of consumers who use these services. It only helps the big real estate brokerages whose profits are threatened by online services.
Case History:
| Date | Document | |
| 02.23.2004 | Writ: US Supreme Court – Denial of Writ of Certiorari | From: US Supreme Court To: LaLa Wang, Principal Connections Limited |
| 02.18.2004 | Letter: Liz Krueger Letter to Randy Daniels | From: Liz Krueger To: Randy Daniels |
| 12.08.2003 | Writ: Writ of Certiorari to US Supreme Court | From: LaLa Wang To: US Supreme Court |
| 10.15.2003 | Report: Regulatory Barriers To Internet Commerce | From: Citizens for Voluntary Trade |
| 06.23.2003 | Motion: Motion for Leave to Appeal | From: LaLa Wang To: New York State Court of Appeals |
| 06.14.2001 | Letter: Response Letter from Randy Daniels to Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney | From: Randy Daniels To: Carolyn Maloney |
| 01.08.2001 | Bill: Bill to Repeal AIV and Subsume AIV under Real Property Law | From: State Senator James Lack |
| 01.05.2001 | SOS Treadwell Decision | |
| 01.31.2000 | Decision: Decision to suspend LaLa Wang’s broker license | From: ALJ Roger Schneier, DOS To: LaLa Wang |
| 02.18.1999 | ALJ Roger Schneier Decision and Order | |
| 02.08.1999 | Complaint: Complaint 96-4737, 97-2766, 98-0735, DOS V. Lan Lan Wang/PCL | From: Department of State To: LaLa Wang |
| 04.05.1995 | Letter: SOS Treadwell Letter to Senator Roy Goodman | From: Alexander Treadwell To: Roy Goodman |
| 03.13.1995 | Letter: Roy Goodman Letter to LaLa Wang | From: State Senator Roy Goodman To: LaLa Wang |
| 01.01.1975 | Bill: Governor’s Bill Jacket 1975 | From: Governor Mario Cuomo |
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