Sentences with phrase «of illegal hotel»

De Blasio spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick said, «We look forward to discussing the council's priorities through the budget process,» but she insisted, «We have a strong enforcement apparatus to pursue complaints of illegal hotel activity.»

At 10 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James joins Council members and the Share Better Coalition at a press conference to protest Airbnb ahead of a Council hearing aimed at combatting the growth of illegal hotels and penalties for Airbnb, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Not exact matches

The state said Airbnb runs afoul of New York's illegal - hotel law, which forbids residents from renting rooms for less than 30 days (and which forced the reasonably priced, centrally located hotel where a certain Canadian business writer always liked to stay to close).

Called the Airbnb Community Compact, the document outlines several ways that the popular company plans to work with municipalities, including sharing anonymized data on the hosts and guests who use the service, preventing illegal hotel landlords from operating on the platform, and promising to pay its «fair share» of hotel and tourist taxes in cities that have them.

It happens all over the world and both legally (in hospitals) and illegal (in hotel rooms and kitchens) As often as not the illegal kind kill both of them.

In this case, the law being enforced protects the quality of life of our neighborhoods and the physical safety of tourists, both of which are endangered by illegal hotel operators.

For those of you in to this sort of thing, here's the illegal hotels chapter amendment and bill memo, and the Tier Four chapter amendment and its supporting memo.

Renting an entire apartment for 30 days or fewer is illegal in New York, and Airbnb has faced opposition from a broad coalition of interest groups including hotel operators and unions, tenants groups and affordable - housing advocates.

By flaunting City law, illegal hotels are doing more than threatening our affordable housing stock and our quality of life.»

The New York Daily News reported today that Eric Schneiderman issued the company a subpoena demanding data on its New York renters, who might be in violation of a 2011 law intended to tamp down on illegal hotels.

At noon, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Goodard Riverside Law Project, local elected officials, affordable housing advocates and tenants holds a press conference to announce the filing of a temporary restraining order against illegal hotel operator Michael Edelstein, owner of the Imperial Court, a single room occupancy building on the Upper West Side, 230 West 72nd St., Manhattan.

The state shut down an illegal hotel in Manhattan that wasn't making much of an attempt to hide its enterprise.

Airbnb has come under fire from elected officials and affordable housing advocates in New York, who say the company is helping operate illegal hotels and potentially driving up the cost of housing throughout the city.

NYC is suing a Chelsea landlord who turned his rent - stabilized, four - story walk - up into an illegal hotel using Airbnb and then ignored inspectors» repeated citations and brushed off thousands of dollars in fines.

NYC Council members ripped into Airbnb.com executives at a contentious hearing, accusing the company of helping landlords transform affordable housing units into illegal hotels.

NYC has hired Christian Klossner, a former narcotics prosecutor, to go after illegal hotels that advertise on home - sharing sites like Airbnb, part of its more aggressive approach to cracking down on the apartment - hogging operators.

Share Better, an anti-Airbnb coalition that includes politicians and the hotel industry, is launching a new ad campaign and website today warning about a new law cracking down on the advertising of illegal short - term rentals and the costs of violating it.

Over half of Airbnb users in New York City might be breaking the state law banning short term apartment rentals, but very few are big - time illegal hotel operators, according to data released by the tech company today.

NEW YORK CITY — Illegal hotel complaints increased 62 percent last year because short - term rental sites such as Airbnb are violating the law, hurting efforts to provide affordable housing and placing the safety of legal tenants at risk, elected officials said Tuesday during a marathon City Council hearing.

In a letter to Williams, Chris Lehane, head of global policy for Airbnb, thanked the councilman for allowing the company to testify at the hearing and reiterated that Airbnb is willing to work with the Council to crack down on illegal hotels while protecting New Yorkers who legally rent out their homes.

«Every day I hear from New Yorkers who are sick and tired of living in buildings that have been turned into illegal hotels through Airbnb because so many units are rented out to tourists, not permanent residents,» Rosenthal said.

As Cuomo ponders a bill to curb Airbnb, the online booking service said it's policing its website to remove commercial operators in the city, addressing a chief complaint of critics who say it promotes illegal hotels and effectively takes scarce apartments out of circulation.

There were 1,150 complaints about «illegal hotels» to the city's 311 hot line in 2014 — a 62 percent jump over the 712 calls operators fielded in 2013, said Elizabeth Glazer, who heads the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement.

The city is suing a Chelsea landlord who turned his rent - stabilized, four - story walk - up into an illegal hotel using Airbnb and then ignored inspectors» repeated citations and brushed off thousands of dollars in fines.

While there, one of his big passions was — drum roll — getting legislation passed that banned «illegal hotels.»

Illegal hotels are particularly common on the Upper West Side, Brewer said, because of the ubiquity of single - room occupancy units catering to low - income residents.

Her lawsuit argues that these types of hotels are illegal because they effectively deny homeless families their legal right to access cooking facilities.

John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the Hotel Association of New York, praised the legislation, saying the illegal hotels cut into legitimate hotel business and evade tHotel Association of New York, praised the legislation, saying the illegal hotels cut into legitimate hotel business and evade thotel business and evade taxes.

«I think [Brown] is probably just emptying it out and hoping he can operate an illegal hotel because of the tenants being gone.»

Quinn added that she isn't just worried about the loss of affordable housing — illegal hotels also pose a safety hazard.

Critics have long accused Airbnb of turning a blind eye as site users routinely rent out residences as illegal hotels.

While illegal in a lot of western countries, coca tea can be found everywhere — in restaurants, at hotels, etc..

crimes, including accusations of illegal entry and leaving a Bible behind in a hotel.

Its title both a reference to smarmy hotel manager Juan's (Sergi López) philosophy of hotel management («Our guests are strangers — they leave dirty things, we make them pretty things») and the idea that the «pretty things» might be the film's pretty heroes, Nigerian refugee Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Turkish illegal Senay (Audrey Tautou), dirtied by the realities of blue - collar London.

You won't find off - the - beaten - path bars tucked away on hidden streets, as it's illegal to serve alcohol outside of hotel complexes.

Built over the course of 14 months in complete secrecy, the hotel brings attention to this part of the world and the illegal wall which overlooks, at the same time giving a much - needed boost to the Palestinian economy.

No hotel, convention center, or other commercial establishment or the network operator providing services at such establishments may intentionally block or disrupt personal Wi - Fi hot spots on such premises, including as part of an effort to force consumers to purchase access to the property owner's Wi - Fi network -LSB-...] Such action is illegal and violations could lead to the assessment of substantial monetary penalties.»

Most recently, the EEOC extracted a $ 72,000 settlement from a Holiday Inn Express hotel on behalf of nine illegal immigrants from Mexico who were fired as housekeepers in alleged retaliation for leading a successful union organizing drive.

In August 2015 the FCC ruled that doing this to hotel guests was illegal, citing Section 333 of the Communications Act 1934.

The majority's decision in this regard was influenced by the behaviour of the accused himself, who had promoted the illegal gambling operation to strangers and effectively invited the public into his hotel room.