The Big Apple is cracking down on hundreds of rogue Airbnb hosts who legally registered their apartments for home sharing – but who have since run afoul of strict rules that were imposed by the city in 2023.
Some rented out their entire apartments for less than 30 days — a typical Airbnb arrangement outside the city — or rented them out to more than two people at a time, among other violations of the city’s nearly two year-old regulations, the Office of Special Enforcement announced.
Warning letters were sent to 500 of the 3,000 registered short-term rental hosts here, while another five were threatened with having their licenses revoked, according to OSE.
The agency did not identify the five hosts or disclose the nature of their violations…