US District Court Affirms Fourth Amendment against New York City Ordinance that Would Have Required Airbnb and Home Away to Disclose Large Amounts of Personal DataUS Fourth AmendmentprivacyNYCAirbnbsmart citiesThe Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the 'right of the people...
Regarding the New York case, the attorney general said it different from the Hawaii case because it concerned the legality of a city ordinance instead of a subpoena from a tax authority. The New York law sought to require Airbnb to provide monthly reports indefinitely, unlike Hawaii, the state...
Airbnb sued the city of New York on Friday, denouncing as "an extraordinary act of government overreach" a new law forcing home-sharing platforms to disclose data about hosts. It was a dramatic escalation in the battle between the $30 billion company and authorities in America's most populous...
In February, the City Council approved an ordinance imposing steep escalating fines on both homeowners and renters who have large parties that disturb neighbors. Violators can face fines of up to $8,000. The City Council also gave preliminary approval to a new ordinance in May that limits t...
The company in 2018 sued the city of New York, claiming the ordinance was unconstitutional and "an extraordinary act of government overreach," winning a court order that blocked the law. New York in 2016 tightened rules applying to home-sharing services, slapping steep fines on those who let ...
, as local government officials around the nation grapple with how best to handle the increasing popularity of short-term rental platforms like airbnb, homeaway, and vrbo in high-tourism areas. in june 2019, the jersey city council introduced a new ordinance aimed at remedying these issues. ...
This June, Airbnb sued San Francisco over an ordinance that would fine hosts not registered with the city. Chicago is even using the revenue from Airbnb's taxes for its work on homelessness, a policy aligned with the criticism that Airbnb cuts into cities' affordable housing. ...
(8) neighborhood protection, which requires the sharing accommodation contract to include a copy of the local sound/trash/parking ordinance and provide a hotline to allow neighbors and other citizens to report non-emergency issues; and (9) taxation, which requires the sharing accommodation to pay...
However, for every step forward Airbnb took, emerging threats forced the company to take two steps back. In 2014, the city of San Francisco introduced itsOffice of Short-Term Rentalsto oversee efforts to force Airbnb to comply with city ordinance concerning sublets. City officials and oppon...
LA Airbnb ‘tenant from hell’ also lived rent-free in Oakland During her stay, which began in September 2021, Hirschhorn said that the lease was extended offAirbnband that the unit was subject to theRent Control Ordinance, so Jovanovic would have to evict her ...