Bill de Blasio is not amused by Airbnb, the bane of modern hotels, and, as of Friday, he’s going big stick on some of the properties that use the site for listings.
Mayor de Blasio has filed a motion against the buildings at 59 Fifth Avenue and 5 West 31st Street, which have allegedly been renting out vacant apartments as illicit hotel rooms. Hosting a few guests overnight doesn’t exactly seem like a crime, but according to government officials, it’s one more obstacle that city dwellers must overcome to actually dwell in the city.
“Illegal hotels and apartment rentals destroy a neighborhood’s quality of life, and I applaud the City’s actions to crack down on this irresponsible and inconsiderate behavior,” NYC Council Member Rory Lancman said in a press release.
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when are the warrants going to be written for those two pricks who run it?
And city homeless shelters destroy a neghborhood's quality of life too, Mr
Mayor. Right?
Crappy, you got this one already?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/airbnb-poster-child-shell-evicted-for-airbnbing.html
“Illegal hotels and apartment rentals destroy a neighborhood’s quality of life, and I applaud the City’s actions to crack down on this irresponsible and inconsiderate behavior,” NYC Council Member Rory Lancman said in a press release.
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And so do illegal apartments, illegal curb cuts, paving over everything green, tearing down a nice one family house to put up a four story 16 unit third world dwelling, illegal garbage dumping, cars on streets without plates and homeless shelters to just name a few.............and what the fuck are you going to do about that Mayor.
I guess when it involves precious Manhattan then something like this is a big deal, but in Queens and especially Jamaica, they do no give a flying fuck.
the entire nature of AirBNB is a scam. Thats the business model.
same for Uber and Lyft.
Undercut the prices of legitimate services by ignoring rules and regulations.
I'm very disappointed with you DeBlasio.
Wunderbar! Kaiser Wilhelm takes a stand. LOL!
My listed air B&B is now available for shooting porn flicks, floating whore house or temp gambling den. You never know who your apartment hotel suite is going to or for what use.
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