NYCmetsfan
Banned
http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/news...omo-signs-threatening-bill-article-1.2839977?
Basically renting your home or apartment out for less than 30 days has been illegal for over 6 years but Airbnb has flouted the law and made millions on illegal rooms they had full knowledge of and encouraged. Now there is an enforcement mechanism.
I as a resident Im glad. I've had airbnb guests in my building and it's a safety hazard and something I living in a residential building shouldn't have to deal with. Hotels exist to solve these problems.
Never mind precious affordable units being taken off the market.
ALBANY Setting up a legal showdown with Airbnb, Gov. Cuomo Friday signed into law a bill that would prohibit the advertising of illegal units on home-sharing sites.
"This is an issue that was given careful, deliberate consideration, but ultimately these activities are already expressly prohibited by law," Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi said in announcing the bill signing.
"They also compromise efforts to maintain and promote affordable housing by allowing those units to be used as unregulated hotels, and deny communities significant revenue from uncollected taxes, the cost of which is ultimately borne by local taxpayers," he said.
Airbnb announced immediately it was filing a lawsuit Friday afternoon in New York to block the new law. The Daily News reported in September that Airbnb in a letter to Cuomo threatened to sue if he signed the bill.
"In typical fashion, Albany back-room dealing rewarded a special interest the price-gouging hotel industry and ignored the voices of tens of thousands of New Yorkers," Airbnb spokesman Peter Schottenfels said Friday.
Looking to crack down on illegal hotels around the city, a law passed by the state in 2010 makes home sharing in multifamily units in New York City illegal for less than 30 days.
The new law prohibits the advertising of such units covered in the 2010 law and imposes fines of up to $7,500 per violation
Basically renting your home or apartment out for less than 30 days has been illegal for over 6 years but Airbnb has flouted the law and made millions on illegal rooms they had full knowledge of and encouraged. Now there is an enforcement mechanism.
I as a resident Im glad. I've had airbnb guests in my building and it's a safety hazard and something I living in a residential building shouldn't have to deal with. Hotels exist to solve these problems.
Never mind precious affordable units being taken off the market.