NY official: Airbnb stay illegal; host fined $2,400

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Post by swallsy » Tue, May 21, 2013, 1:49 PM UTC

NY official: Airbnb stay illegal; host fined $2,400
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Post by mef » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

It already was illegal. Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5742925

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Post by kyrra » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:14 PM UTC

mef wrote: post #2

It already was illegal. Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5742925

I want to know how that discussion already fell off the front page? did it get flagged off the front page? It has a lot of discussion and a decent number of upvotes.

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Post by macleanjr » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:18 PM UTC

This ruling only applies to the 5 boroughs of New York City, not the entire state.

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Post by jeffpersonified » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

Curious, and I haven't heard many comments on this: does this set a precedent that other states are likely to follow, and if so, is this a serious threat to the Airbnb business?

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Post by tptacek » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:25 PM UTC

jeffpersonified wrote: post #5

Curious, and I haven't heard many comments on this: does this set a precedent that other states are likely to follow, and if so, is this a serious threat to the Airbnb business?

It's probably not even a serious threat in NYC; the ruling doesn't appear to bind on Airbnb itself in any ways, and apparently is only sporadically enforced.

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Post by Diamons » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:27 PM UTC

This is a win for New Yorkers. The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

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Post by kylelibra » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:33 PM UTC

kyrra wrote: post #3

mef wrote: post #2

It already was illegal. Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5742925

I want to know how that discussion already fell off the front page? did it get flagged off the front page? It has a lot of discussion and a decent number of upvotes.

HN detects flame wars and devalues those posts in an attempt to facilitate better discussion.

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-new...

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:35 PM UTC

kyrra wrote: post #3

mef wrote: post #2

It already was illegal. Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5742925

I want to know how that discussion already fell off the front page? did it get flagged off the front page? It has a lot of discussion and a decent number of upvotes.

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