Hotel CEO celebrates higher prices in NYC after anti-Airbnb law passes
I love AirBnB, and have used them many times. But in the case of NYC, AirBnB brought this wholly on themselves.<p>They knew landlords were running whole buildings in nyc as pseudo hotels, and they did little until now. [1]<p>They knew individuals were renting whole apartments 100% of the time, and did nothing.[2]<p>They refused to give data to the attorney general, and instead, mounted an AD campaign.[3]<p>Only after they were harshly penalized, did they promise to clamp down on the actual abuses.[4]<p>So they willingly let their customers break the law, because nyc is their biggest market, and well, now want to play the victim.<p>The spirit of AirBnB and the "sharing" economy is to share under utilized housing. Not to create illegal hotels.<p>[1] <a href="http://gothamist.com/2014/10/16/airbnb_illegal_rapacious.php" rel="nofollow">http://gothamist.com/2014/10/16/airbnb_illegal_rapacious.php</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/wooing-governor-cuomo-airbnb-boots-2-233-new-york-city-listings" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/wooing-go...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-refuses-to-give-user-data-to-attorney-general-2013-10" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-refuses-to-give-user-d...</a>
[4]<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/technology/airbnb-proposes-cracking-down-on-new-york-city-hosts.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/technology/airbnb-proposes...</a>