ZweitenMal t1_iyxog34 wrote on December 4, 2022 at 11:19 PM

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

One is under construction in my neighborhood.

JuniorAct7 t1_iyxokoy wrote on December 4, 2022 at 11:20 PM

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.

ZweitenMal t1_iyxsd6g wrote on December 4, 2022 at 11:47 PM

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.

JuniorAct7 t1_iyxya6g wrote on December 5, 2022 at 12:30 AM

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.

hornyjacks t1_iyy6sn6 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 1:35 AM

Surely you can provide us some proof that you're not pulling this from your asshole.

JuniorAct7 t1_iyy6xj8 wrote on December 5, 2022 at 1:36 AM

https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/citywide-hotel/citywide-hotel-overview.page

I’ll even give you a source hostile to my own pov lol. Now that’s the last thing I’ll respond to here, look up the debate about it yourself and blow me.