Sentences with phrase «on illegal rentals»

That bill was introduced in response to a measure by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D - Manhattan), an Airbnb opponent, who wants to force Airbnb hosts to register their apartments so officials can crack down on illegal rentals.

City lawmakers targeting Airbnb want to triple the size of a special task force that focuses on illegal rentals offered by the online service, The Post has learned.

NYC lawmakers targeting Airbnb want to triple the size of a special task force that focuses on illegal rentals offered by the online service.

Not exact matches

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

A hotel - industry group is breaking out the big guns to go after Airbnb, hiring a former NYPD officer to look for illegal rentals on the popular home - sharing service.

That's the gist of a new law Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Friday, which targets those short - term rentals (apartments in multiunit residences leased for less than 30 days) that are technically illegal but still very often listed on Airbnb and other home - sharing sites.

De Blasio's cousin, John Wilhelm, was his No. 3 bundler, and the UNITE HERE hotel workers union he co-founded benefited from the mayor's crackdown on illegal apartment rentals through Airbnb.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will soon either veto or sign into law a bill that makes it illegal to advertise entire unoccupied apartments for short - term rentals on Airbnb.

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.

ALBANY — A bill that would bar the advertising of illegal short - term rentals on platforms like Airbnb is gaining steam in the last week of the legislative session.

Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat from Manhattan's Upper West Side, said her colleagues would consider a bill that would ban the advertisement of illegal short - term rentals on sites like Airbnb.

Therefore, under the short - term rental regulations it would be illegal for owners to list a basement suite or a laneway home on Airbnb.

The practice of renting accommodations to travelers in areas not permitted by zoning had been pervasive on Maui for decades, but in 2007 Maui County began closing down these illegal rentals.

Should the driver have the same rights in a rental car that he's not a listed driver on the rental contract, as he would if he was in his own vehicle; which should protect him against illegal search and seizures by police with no probable cause, as police stated in their own words at his trial?

Paradoxically, the Firm's litigation team has also prosecuted Tenants for illegal sublets or unlawful rentals for a profit on short term rental sites such as airbnb.

For example, the term «Christian handyman» in an ad for rental housing violated Wisconsin law by expressing illegal preferences on the basis of both sex and religion.

There are a lot of illegal rentals out on the markets and they should be more regulated because a lot of customers get turned away from renting from having a bad experience with a rental which shouldn't be on the market.

If it was me, I would be very firm about the no smoking, and the unreliable rental history, and illegal immigrants but be a little more lenient on the bankruptcy and drop it to 2X income.

I'm getting all the people with sob stories, who barely make the minimum 3X rent, have past bankruptcies, have unreliable rental history (renting from family, or other «landlords» that seem questionable), people who smoke, illegal immigrants who work under the table and don't have verifiable income, etc. (the list goes on).

«So in the simplest terms, if you have real estate, you're going to buy a piece of property with the illegal funds, hang on to it — or have rental income from it, so that rental income is legitimate — and eventually when you sell the real estate, you get your proceeds out of it and by all accounts it appears to be a legitimate transaction.»