I live in NYC and I can tell you that New Yorkers do not want AirBnB. We do not want transients in our apartment buildings. We want our safety. Many of us have doormen that keep people out.
There are children, there are elderly. The executives and the VC firms that fund them show absolutely no respect for New Yorkers who value our safety.
> "Cuomo’s signature underscores a concern from companies that operate within the “sharing economy” that New York remains unreceptive to newer technologies that threaten some within certain industries, such as the hospitality and taxi industries."
This quote from the article is false. We highly value Uber/Lyft/Gett. New Yorkers love high technology: we have the only 24/367 Apple Store in the nation. We have a 24 hour Best Buy. Same Day Delivery from a number of different vendors. ClassPass, MealPal, MoviePass, CUPS, the list is a long one and some of these firms were first started in NYC.
What seems clear to New Yorkers is that AirBnB executives do not value safety.
There's no way to not come off as snarky here, but you keep saying 'New Yorkers want this' and 'clear to New Yorkers' that. Do you have polls to back this up? Otherwise this rhetoric reads like a quote from a politician or talk radio. My question is, how do you know the majority of people agree with you?
Airbnb doesn't seem to mind saying that New Yorkers want airbnb because "thousands" of them say so. Doesn't seem hard to imagine there are a thousand New Yorkers who don't, justifying the opposite claim.
We all value our safety. Many, many buildings have doormen to keep people out to help protect safety. There is a lot of crime in big cities. I don't know anyone that wants transients in their building.
The people AirBnB is referring to are simply those who want to rent their places out for additional money.
I think AirBnB could care less about the safety of children, elderly, women, and others. I have seen no acknowledgement that people living in apartment buildings value their safety.
> I think AirBnB could care less about the safety of children, elderly, women, and others.
Well, I'm very happy to hear that you, living in NYC, do not feel threatened by transients. I wasn't referring to myself but children, elderly, and women.
If if physically able men don't feel threatened, there are others that should be protected from harm from transients.
EDIT: I see by your other comments that you don't even live in NYC! You are complaining about hotel rates > $60. Those of us that live here in NYC value the safety of protecting children, elderly neighbors, women, and our property from transients.
For short term stays, go to Union City NJ which is just across from the Lincoln Tunnel (42nd St). A simple priceline search shows $60 per day.
Please show sensitivity to others that value their safety and those of their neighbors.
This talk of "transients" is preposterous and, frankly, dubious. What do you think "transients" are? Roving bands of criminals?
Your comment is the most pathetic example of "think of the children" I have ever seen. Do you have any examples of material harm being done to children by Airbnb guests?
As someone in NYC then, you know that Union City, NJ is very close to Times Square by transit and has low-cost hotel rooms, so I don't understand your complaint. Transit-wise these hotels are much closer to Times Square than many places parts of NYC.
I don't know anyone that wants transients in their buildings and the threat to children, women, and children is a real one. Let people go to Union City, NJ and get their hotel rooms.
They are transients and one of the reason for doormen is to create a protected environment. We don't have that with transients. Is there a reason why they can't go to Union City, NJ and use a proper hotel/motel?
Honestly, the only people I know of in NYC that are for this are those that want to rent out their apartment, room, etc. on AirBnB which can risk the safety of their neighbors, esp. the vulnerable ones.
> evidence of actual harm caused to children....
I said children, elderly, women. These are all vulnerable populations. There is also the chance of theft once someone is beyond the doorman or is inside the building.
I am honestly baffled why anyone would want transients in their apartment buildings unless they were making money from the transients.
Incidentally, this crazy idea that AirBnB is trying to sell that is the unions and the hotel industry that only want these regulations seem to leave out inexpensive hotels that in places like Union City, NJ are very convenient to Times Square and are very inexpensive. These hotels are in a convenient location and they are inexpensive and available.
There are children, there are elderly. The executives and the VC firms that fund them show absolutely no respect for New Yorkers who value our safety.
> "Cuomo’s signature underscores a concern from companies that operate within the “sharing economy” that New York remains unreceptive to newer technologies that threaten some within certain industries, such as the hospitality and taxi industries."
This quote from the article is false. We highly value Uber/Lyft/Gett. New Yorkers love high technology: we have the only 24/367 Apple Store in the nation. We have a 24 hour Best Buy. Same Day Delivery from a number of different vendors. ClassPass, MealPal, MoviePass, CUPS, the list is a long one and some of these firms were first started in NYC.
What seems clear to New Yorkers is that AirBnB executives do not value safety.