ALBANY – New York state’s attorney general has made an “overbroad” demand for information about Airbnb’s clients and their customers, a lawyer for the online lodging service told an Albany Supreme Court judge Tuesday.

Roberta Kaplan, a partner with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, argued that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has insufficient evidence to force Airbnb, which pairs travelers with private apartments for short-term stays, to turn over information about nearly 16,000 apartment owners who rented out units in New York through Airbnb’s web platform since 2010.

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