Forest Hills Post A quiet Kew Gardens home was illegally converted into a dormitory-style, transient hotel with as many as four bunk b...

QNS The Paper Factory, a boutique hotel in an industrial section of Long Island City, has been acquired by The Collective, the Briti...

From DNA Info : The city shut down a "dangerous" illegal hostel run by a controversial operator who advertised the home as an a...

From AM-NY : Several City Council members are pushing to legalize youth hostels in New York City, five years after a citywide crackdown wi...

From the Queens Gazette : Councilmember Mark Weprin has introduced Intro 699 to legalize the construction, regulation and operation of lic...

New Yorker Renting Out 2-bedroom Apartment with... by Gothamist From the Daily News : Your home is not a hotel — unless you’re former c...

From Capital New York : Councilman Mark Weprin announced legislation on Monday that would allow youth hostels in New York City. The bill...

These were pasted all over a subway car I was on yesterday. Who needs AirBnB when you have the MTA?

From the Daily News : An East Harlem landlord is taking steps to shutter an illegal hostel that has been operating in the Lexington Ave. b...

From WPIX : A man is renting out an East Side apartment for “young professionals” for $900. 22 to be exact. In a video uploaded to YouT...

From DNA Info : The Plaza Hotel has the Eloise Suite and the Oak Room. A new pop-up hostel in Rockaway Beach let guests relax after a day ...

A fan on Facebook recently brought to my attention that the Pan Am Hotel on Queens Blvd in Elmhurst has a new website , and is apparently be...

From DNA Info : A notorious SRO hotel with hundreds of building violations that sits blocks from the waterfront has been sold to a former ...

From the Queens Chronicle : Advocates are pushing for the passage of legislation in the City Council that would permit the licensing of re...

From the Brooklyn Paper : Just three years ago, Brooklyn appeared to be a hotbed of new hostels — budget hotels popular with hipsters and ...

From the NY Times : Armed with a new state law, the city has spent the past year cracking down on the growing industry of short-term rentals...

From BushwickBK : On Friday, June 24, the Department of Buildings vacated all residents of the New York Empire Hostel, operating in an indus...

From Brownstoner : Earlier this year a tipster told us the big yellow house at 70 Lefferts was operating as a hostel; they've followed u...

From Brownstoner : It's been a rough few years for 70 Lefferts Place, or, more precisely, the developer who's owned it for the last ...

From the NY Post : What seemed like a dream deal of spending the summer living in one of New York's hottest neighborhoods has become a n...