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JuniorAct7 t1_iyx7knp wrote

Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Airbnb likely to lose more than 10K listings in NYC under tight new rules by NecessaryMistake9754

The city should probably re-legalize the building of hotels.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxncln wrote

Did the city make building hotels illegal?

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxoc37 wrote

A law passed last year made new hotels require a special permit; so while not explicitly, in practice they are effectively banned.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxog34 wrote

One is under construction in my neighborhood.

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxokoy wrote

When was it started? It has a date after which it takes effect so a lot of projects filed/permitted in the past year or more are still being built.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxsd6g wrote

I don't know, haven't been paying attention that closely.

Making a special permit a requirement doesn't mean it's impossible. But perhaps it's an effort to protect the existing hotels since they've had such a hard time during COVID.

My neighborhood (Astoria) is completely underserved, so that might have something to do with it. Obviously we don't need more hotels in Midtown.

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxya6g wrote

Special permits (which exist for a number of other things) are extremely unlikely to be granted by city planning in practice. I agree with you that it was passed due to rent seeking by current hotels.

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