by Geoff Cobb 
Many local Greenpoint hosts who make ends meet by renting out their places using Airbnb are in for a rude awakening. On Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill to make it illegal to advertise entire unoccupied apartments for less than 30 days on Airbnb, according to multiple reports. New York housing law restrictsâĤ
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However, AirBnB rentals also contribute to the rising rents that many of us face.
It’s a fair law. Apartment building residents have a right to be safe and not worry if their neighbor rented to shady people.
actually, it’s not a fair law. If one owns their apartment and airbnb’s it while out of town that has nothing to do with rents rising. A terrible and unethical law.