These short-term, full-apartment rentals hosted through Airbnb's platform are classified by law enforcement as illegal hotels. The city's local anti-Airbnb regulations are enforced through New York state's multiple dwelling law (MDL), which prohibits renting your full apartment to anyone for less than 30 days in buildings occupied by three or more families, which applies to the vast majority of housing units in NYC.
Neighborhoods with the highest volume of Airbnb listings, such as Brooklyn's Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, stand to lose the most as the crackdown continues.įor years now, New York City has been cracking down on short-term Airbnb rentals, voicing concern about their effects on affordable housing, residents and tourism in the Big Apple. Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea, neighborhoods in Manhattan, have been issued the most illegal hotel violations. An all-time high of 720 illegal hotel complaints were submitted to the Department of Buildings last month, a 152% increase when compared to May 2017.
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