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English: Looking north on a sunny midday at the Astral Apartments, a List of Registered Historic Places in Kings County, New York on Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, built as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York City council to consider regulation of Airbnb sharing economy | Technology | The Guardian:

"Airbnb and similar sites have become a focal point for discussion about whether and how to regulate the growing “sharing economy”, and whether it represents an innovative, person-to-person business model or an unregulated, unruly upstart.

Short-term rentals also have become a thread in a larger debate about affordable housing – an especially hot topic in New York, where it’s a centerpiece of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s agenda.

The number of New York City apartments and private rooms rented through Airbnb rocketed from about 2,650 in 2010 to 16,500 in just the first five months of 2014, state attorney general Eric Schneiderman’s office said in an October report. Critics say such services shrink the amount of available housing by creating incentives to convert apartments into de facto hotel rooms, rather than rent them to residents."



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