Comments on: New York may ban informal short-term rentals https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/new-york-may-ban-informal-short-term-rentals/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Update: New York bill banning short-term rentals https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/new-york-may-ban-informal-short-term-rentals/comment-page-1/#comment-94853 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:05:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18041#comment-94853 […] To their dismay, however, Gov. Paterson has signaled that he intends to veto the bill. [NYT, earlier] The Times travel section had a story over the weekend praising the new kind of “Social […]

]]> By: MF https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/new-york-may-ban-informal-short-term-rentals/comment-page-1/#comment-93633 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:18:11 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18041#comment-93633 Jim’s right. NYC doesn’t want to lose out on the taxes it collects when customers stay at hotels. True, even these sublet and other arrangements are supposed to charge taxes, but probably many don’t, and even when they do, the price charged for the rooms is far lower, which means lower tax revenue.

I’m sure the hotel industry is all in favor of this action, but the politicians can paint it anyway they want. We’re not fooled.

]]> By: Jim Collins https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/07/new-york-may-ban-informal-short-term-rentals/comment-page-1/#comment-93549 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:59:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18041#comment-93549 No. What you smell is “hotel tax protection”.

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