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

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

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.