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Airbnb Vs. New York City: Hosts and Users React

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Jason Clampet

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Airbnb has embraced the sin first, ask forgiveness later method of dealing with local laws. They'll now need to learn how to negotiate rather than conduct business as usual.

This morning WNYC Public Radio in New York City devoted its first 20 minutes on the conflict between the state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the vacation rental service Airbnb. Host Brian Lehrer had the station's business editor Charlie Herman and the New York Daily News' real estate reporter Matt Chaban, who broke the news of the Attorney General's move yesterday morning. They asked listeners to call in if they were hosts who received an email from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky regarding the Attorney General's request. In the email, Chesky wrote, "we believe that the Attorney General is only seeking to target a small number of bad actors." Herman said that a person

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