Hosts and guests are scrambling to adapt as the city ramps up its enforcement of tough, new rules on short-term rentals. But whether the crackdown will ease a housing shortage is up for debate.
Tag: New York City
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Democrats Visited the Roosevelt Hotel Sheltering Migrants. It Got Ugly.
After New York City’s mayor begged for help from the federal government, Congressional Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, came to visit the city’s main migrant shelter.
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Illegal Mopeds and Fake Names: Migrants Scrape By in Underground Economy
The newest migrants in New York need money but are prohibited from working. A secondary market of fake app logins and weekly bike rentals has emerged.
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Vitriolic Anti-Migrant Protests Spread in an Unexpected Place: New York
After migrants were sheltered at a defunct school, neighbors on Staten Island turned on a loudspeaker and put up signs to drive them away.
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E-Bike Trade-In Program Would Aim to Prevent Fires in NYC
The City Council is expected to approve a multi-million-dollar city program to try to get unsafe e-bikes and batteries off the streets.