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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by baybal3 on Friday October 21, 2016 @07:57PM (#12766005)
The idea that people are free to make business and do what they want with their own property is alien to the state of New York. By far, it is the most commie ridden state, even ahead of California.

The state should be fought over laws like this, not negotiated with.

Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by GavinMcG on Friday October 21, 2016 @08:04PM (#12766059)
Are you throwing "commie" in there as shorthand for something that you think we'll all agree is abhorrent? 'Cause I'm really totally fine with the community getting together and dictating certain things to each other. That's the level we're on here – not state control of the means of production for the benefit of the people collectively.
Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by willholloway on Friday October 21, 2016 @08:28PM (#12766173)
The state of New York has lost two Congressional representatives due to its population fleeing for more favorable areas.

New York State is not doing well, and its combination of nanny state, local government corruption and high taxes is not winning in the market place of governments.

If it wasn't for the inheritance of NYC being the capital of the world, NY state would be in seriously dire straits.

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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by threeseed on Friday October 21, 2016 @09:54PM (#12766594)
Not sure what you are talking about.

Governments have been regulating the activities in your home for centuries. And it's common place in every country.

Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by threeseed on Friday October 21, 2016 @09:50PM (#12766574)
And if having transient people churning through your house didn't affect your neighbours then there wouldn't be a problem. But it does.

There are numerous incidents of parties run amok, drug use, prostitution etc.