This ruling only applies to the 5 boroughs of New York City, not the entire state.
Yes title should be changed to New York City as it is in the title of the blog post.
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
The stupid thing about that is that, because AirBnB is a YC company, all my conspiracy theory bells went off immediately. I hadn't thought about the flame war detection thing at all.
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#13While the merits of Airbnb can be debated I suppose, sometimes I wish judges could spend time on useful things.
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#14This ruling only applies to the 5 boroughs of New York City, not the entire state.
Oh whew! Glad it is nowhere important then.
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#15This is a win for New Yorkers. The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.
Evidence?
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#16My general libertarian bent generally would lead me to hate this sort of legislation, but in markets where housing is near max utilization, it's not only desirable, it's necessary. We already have enough of an issue with housing in places like NYC and SF without landlords turning apartment buildings into shitty hotels full of vacationers and Spring Break types who do not care the slightest for the condition of the property or their relationship with neighbors.
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#17Curious, 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?
This has to do with a manicpal law, so no. If another city had an identical law then maybe, but airbnb is plainly in violation of it--the court just triple checked.
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#18This is a win for New Yorkers. The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.
Pathetic? Care to elaborate on that?
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#19This is a win for New Yorkers. The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.
> The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.
How do New Yorkers win by having less choice?
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#20This is a win for New Yorkers. The whole sharing economy thing is unsafe, ridiculous, and kind of pathetic.
Please do explain.
I think the sharing economy is brilliant and the way of the future. If there's spare capacity in the world, why should it not be utilized. Unsafe? Is it more unsafe to a degree that the ends don't justify the means? I doubt it.