New York Political Leaders Host Anti-Airbnb Press Conference


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While this is clearly a political move -- it was timed to begin right before a hearing between Airbnb and the New York Attorney General's office in Albany -- it's also the first case of city leaders unifying behind the short-term rental law.

Manhattan's elected officials are banding together to demand stricter law enforcement against the use of Airbnb to break state short-term housing laws. The crux of their argument is that Airbnb is taking rooms and apartments off the market for locals lea