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Report: NYC Airbnbs are ‘tourist tenements in the making’

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Back to the good old days! via Wikipedia We knew it was hiking up our rent, we knew it was hurting the community, but AirBnB rentals might also be super illegal. Like, Depression-era levels of illegal. As DNAInfo reports, two New York state senators and a senate nominee just released a scathing investigation into everyone’s favorite bad guy Airbnb, entitled “Tourist Tenements in the Making.” The investigation looks into the practice of cramming way, way too many people into a rental that’s clearly only meant for a few bodies. So, if you’re looking for that classic old New York feel, maybe Airbnb is your ticket back to the Roaring Aughts. According to investigators, State Sen. Jeff Klein and Diane Savino and Democratic Sen. Nominee Marisol Alcantara, there are at least 110 hosts on Airbnb in New York City purporting space for 13 or more guests. Most of these cramped rentals actually say they could fit 16, one claims 32 and the largest… Read More

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