As it seeks to enforce a local law cracking down on short-term rentals, New York City has taken aim at a Greenwich Village ...

It’s the first lawsuit New York has filed in connection with Local Law 18, which decimated the city’s short-term rental ...

A makeshift hotel in Greenwich Village that was renting out rooms on Airbnb became the first property to get sued by the city ...

After rallying hosts to fight a New York state law that fines them for posting technically illegal listings on Airbnb, the company has abandoned the cause. Airbnb settled a lawsuit against New ...

The company said in the filing a previous law which went into effect in 2021 prompted 29,000 hosts to leave the short-term rental market in New York. Airbnb’s annual net revenue in New York City ...

Sebastian Mejia died in the shower of an Airbnb rental in Brazil in 2022, the alleged victim of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty water heater. A Fulbright scholar, the 24-year-old Florida ...

In 2023, New York City's Local Law 18 all but banned short-term rentals through sites like Airbnb. Now, a new measure seeks to roll back some of those restrictions. Intro 1107 seeks to reopen the ...

He was pursuing his master’s degree at New York University ... According to the lawsuit filed against Airbnb, the water heater’s exhaust duct was damaged and improperly installed.