I have an axe to grind against mini-hotels that operate without regulation that raise rents for everyone while providing massive money to a small number of interests.

So yeah.

So, you're mad at Airbnb because the government isn't regulating it properly?

Because it's only illegal because it's not regulated "properly?"

Airbnb isn't doing anything illegal, the hosts are. If New York wants to put forward legislation that obligates Airbnb to develop a system for tracking that, great. But they aren't going to do it unless they have to.

What's that supposed to mean? Do you think this person was the literal, direct victim of such practices, and as such "has a [personal] axe to grind?" If so, although it exhibits bias, it also exhibits the phenomenon.

That being said, there are _many_ communities upset by AirBnB's influence on their area. Example: https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_ad1c91a...

Of course, Googling for that article turns up, primarily, AirBnB listings in New Orleans.