With its fight against the New York Attorney General simmering, a new campaign has been launched to fight Airbnb. The Share Better Coalition is a group of community activists, organizations, elected officials, and others who went public today with an assault on the apartment-sharing service, which they believe is more of a disservice to the community.
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Gale Brewer
Is Airbnb a ‘Bully’ That Drives Up Rent? Or Are Lawmakers ‘Attacking’ New Yorkers?
Should Airbnb pay hotel taxes? The issue is still causing the kind of drama you wouldn’t want in your home — and lawmakers are now arguing that the service’s hosts, whose names they’re trying to get their hands on, are driving up rents for the rest of us.
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