What is New York's One Fair Price Act that Lindsay Owens wants Kathy Hochul to sign?

The One Fair Price Act passed the New York legislature in June 2026 and awaits Governor Kathy Hochul, who has until the end of the year to sign it. Lindsay Owens said it would ban surveillance pricing across the state's economy by barring businesses from using personal data such as browsing history, location, zip code or income to tailor or inflate prices. She called it the first robust economy-wide bill of its kind and said Instacart, Uber and the National Retail Federation have lobbied hard against it.

• Owens said narrower bans covering grocery stores have moved in Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland and Seattle.
• The bill fits Owens's twelve-point shopper's bill of rights, which also includes refunds and all-in prices.
• Groundwork estimates the annoyance economy, such as fighting chatbots for refunds, costs Americans $165 billion a year.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (2026-11-03). Read the whole episode summary →

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