Report: Half of Airbnb's NYC Listings Are Illegal
Not all of the dwellings listed on Airbnb are legal. New York State law requires that an owner must be present in order for rentals that are shorter than 30 days to qualify for a transient occupancy, which puts renters at risk for listing their apartments while they're on vacation.
Not all of the dwellings listed on Airbnb are legal. New York State law requires that an owner must be present in order for rentals that are shorter than 30 days to qualify for a transient occupancy, which puts renters at risk for listing their apartments while they’re on vacation.
In New York City, one of Airbnb’s largest markets, roughly half of the apartments listed on the site are illegal according to state law.
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