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    City’s Airbnb Law Upheld

    CityLaw  •  Airbnb  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Broadway Hotel and Hostel in Manhattan. Image Credit: CityLand

    Broadway Hotel sued New York City claiming the Airbnb law was unconstitutional. The City served a summons on the Broadway Hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for illegal transient occupancy. The New York City Airbnb law prohibited a class A dwelling from renting out rooms on a temporary basis. The City alleged that the Hotel was a Class A dwelling and was therefore prohibited from renting out rooms on a temporary basis for any period less than 30 days. (more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, airbnb law, CityLaw, OATH, short term rentals
    Date: 04/29/2019
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    Appellate Court Upholds AirBNB Law [UPDATE: Court of Appeals Denies Leave to Appeal]

    Court Decisions  •  Multiple Dwelling Law  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Court found that DOB letter of objection exception to the Multiple Dwelling law was no longer valid. On March 17, 2016, New York Appellate Court reversed a Lower Court’s Decision and thus denying Grand Imperial LLC’s Petition for a Letter of No Objection to rent its property for shorter than the legally required time period. Grand Imperial LLC owns a Single-Room Occupancy building, located at 307 West 79th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with predominantly affordable housing units. (more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, department of buildings, Grand Imperial LLC, Senator Liz Krueger
    Date: 11/18/2016
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    Airbnb Opposition Makes for Strange Bedfellows

    Commentary  •  Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal
    Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal

    Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal

    There are some things you can always count on here in New York: alternate side of the street parking, the subways always running (except when they’re not, like late nights and weekends), the Yankees making the playoffs (except when the Mets do) and landlords and tenants being diametrically opposed. Like Superman and Kryptonite, oil and water, landlords and tenants have always had one thing in common – a mutual distrust of one another.

    That is until now. For the first time in my memory, landlords and tenants are on the same side, working together, its mass hysteria. Or perhaps, it’s completely reasonable.

    What, you may ask, has brought these sworn enemies together? That answer is simple: Airbnb. Airbnb is the world’s largest online home sharing platform, allowing individuals to rent out their homes to strangers on a short-term basis. (more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal
    Date: 03/09/2016
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    City Council Holds Oversight Hearing on Short-Term Rentals

    City Council  •  Oversight  •  Citywide
    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams speaks at the oversight hearing on short-term rentals. Image credit: William Alatriste / New York City Council

    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams speaks at the oversight hearing on short-term rentals. Image credit: William Alatriste / New York City Council

    Eight-hour hearing covered testimony from supporters and opponents of short-term rental businesses.  On January 20, 2015, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings held an oversight hearing on the effects of short-term rentals on New York City’s economy and neighborhoods.  Over the course of eight hours, the committee heard testimony from independent tenants, representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement, the home-sharing website Airbnb, owners of local bed-and-breakfasts, and members of the public for and against short-term rentals. (more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Elizabeth Glazer, Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement
    Date: 01/26/2015
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