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A comment on Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Report [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by pyrophane on Friday October 17, 2014 @02:37PM (#8472623)
Actually, it is pretty easy to find a "legit" Airbnb listing. Just look for listings where the host is renting a room in an apartment where they will be present during your stay. Otherwise, the listing is almost guaranteed to be for an illegal hotel.
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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by soneca on Friday October 17, 2014 @02:57PM (#8472751)
Is it that hard to be the case where a host is on vacations and want to make some money from his few weeks out?

When I first heard of AirBnb that was the case I thought when it made the most sense.

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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by mjmahone17 on Friday October 17, 2014 @03:21PM (#8472850)
In NYC, that would still be illegal. One of the long-term tenants of the apartment must be staying in the apartment with any short-term guests.

If you have a 2-bedroom apartment, one roommate could host while the other goes on vacation. But they can't both be gone at the same time.

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