{"id":17684,"date":"2025-06-27T00:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17684\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T00:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T00:36:18","slug":"nyc-cracks-down-on-hundreds-of-airbnb-hosts-over-illegal-rentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17684\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC cracks down on hundreds of Airbnb hosts over illegal rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Apple is cracking down on hundreds of rogue Airbnb hosts who legally registered their apartments for home sharing \u2013 but who have since run afoul of strict rules that were imposed by the city in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some rented out their entire apartments for less than 30 days \u2014 a typical Airbnb arrangement outside the city \u2014 or rented them out to more than two people at a time, among other violations of the city\u2019s nearly two year-old regulations, the Office of Special Enforcement announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warning letters were sent to 500 of the 3,000 registered short-term rental hosts here, while another five were threatened with having their licenses revoked, according to OSE.<\/p>\n

Some 500 home-sharing hosts were sent warning letters by the city\u2019s Office of Special Enforcement. deberarr \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

The agency did not identify the five hosts or disclose the nature of their violations.<\/p>\n

OSE discovered the violations by looking at the host\u2019s listings on sites including Airbnb, spokesman Noah Pransky told The Post.<\/p>\n

Hosts could face fines of up to $5,000. Fines are \u201con the table\u201d for the five hosts who may have their licenses revoked, but the 500 hosts were issued their first warning.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome hosts didn\u2019t know they had violated the regulations,\u201d Pransky said. \u201cAnd we are giving them a chance to get into compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airbnb\u2019s presence in NYC dropped by more than 90% since Local Law 18 was implemented nearly two years ago. Diego \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Most registered hosts appear to be following the law, but nearly 20% of them have been bending the rules.<\/p>\n

The short-term rental rule, known as Local Law 18, went into effect in September 2023. It requires hosts to register with the city and to certify that their homes meet rigorous building, zoning and other codes.<\/p>\n

Airbnb sued New York City over what it described as the most restrictive home-sharing regulations in the country, including no locked doors inside apartments and giving guests unrestricted access to common areas. It also limits the number of guests to two at a time.<\/p>\n

Airbnb claims that NYC\u2019s short-term rental law is the most restrictive in the US. TTstudio \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Airbnb has seen its listings plunge by 90% in New York City since Local Law 18 was implemented. Before the law there were some 22,000 home-sharing hosts in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to protecting New York City\u2019s housing stock for the people who call this city home \u2013 not for those seeking to profit at the expense of our communities,\u201d Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement. \u201cIllegal short-term rentals reduce the supply of permanent housing, drive up rents and threaten the stability and affordability of our neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airbnb argues that Local Law 18 has only helped the hotel industry, which lobbied for the regulation. Hotel rates have risen by more than 5% and are double the national average, according to Airbnb research.<\/p>\n

NYC officials say that home-sharing apps are partly responsible for a housing shortage here. Timon \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

OSE also announced that it\u2019s simplifying its application process to \u201cspeed up the process for people who want to register with the city,\u201d Pransky said.<\/p>\n

In May OSE sued a property in Greenwich Village \u2013 known as the first gay Inn<\/a> in Manhattan \u2013 that was renting out rooms on Airbnb, alleging that the property is an illegal hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Big Apple is cracking down on hundreds of rogue Airbnb hosts who legally registered their apartments for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[852,17053,5229,64,17054,2936,336,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,10560,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-17684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-airbnb","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-hotels","13":"tag-law-enforcement","14":"tag-lawsuits","15":"tag-metro","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-rentals","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114752532325748531","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}