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A popular movie trope features characters tossing out bulky items from their plane to lighten the load when trying to escape. In a figurative way, Airbnb is doing that very thing in New York.
Bloomberg's Eric Newcomer reports rental-listing service Airbnb has dropped 2,233 listings previously operating in New York.
The reason is as simple as cleaning up the house before the proverbial parents return. As TravelPulse's Patrick Clarke previously reported, Governor Andrew Cuomo is in the process of deliberating signing or vetoing a bill that would make illegal advertising rentals for home or apartments for a period less than 30 days.
As you might have guessed, this bill would drastically impact Airbnb and its complement of state listings.
Fast forward to this week and Airbnb is playing nice by jettisoning questionable listings such as those that belong to agencies that have multiple posts on the site.
Business Insider as well as other publications state those in NYC make on average $5,474 through Airbnb from the 12-month period bookended by June 2015 and June 2016.
The website continues, "Those in Midtown Manhattan earn $8,286 from Airbnb, while hosts in Queens are earning about $4,100 in one year. As of June 1, New York City had 41,373 active listings."
Whether those thousands of properties remain an option for tourists remains largely up to Governor Cuomo.
It remains to be seen if the preceding numbers are enough to convince the governor that Airbnb is a worthwhile option for the citizens of New York or simply too much trouble than it's worth.
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