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ZweitenMal t1_iyxncln wrote

Reply to comment by JuniorAct7 in Airbnb likely to lose more than 10K listings in NYC under tight new rules by NecessaryMistake9754

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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