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Columbia County eviction in ad campaign
Oct 15, 2014 12:10 am
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From New York Magazine, the Airbnb listing.[/caption]
Matthew Hamilton in the Albany Times-Union reports that the battle between New York City tenants who want to use the internet-based service Airbnb to sub-lease their apartments, and landlords who do not want to let them, has now moved upstate. In Stuyvesant, New York magazine first reported, Michelle Martinez was evicted by Christopher Griffith, the owner of the renovated 1880s Dutch barn, after Griffith discovered that Martinez was sub-leasing the barn for $4,000 a month. Now Martinez appears in an Airbnb ad campaign, "designed to depict its users as everyday New Yorkers trying to make a modest extra income. Her eviction has been taken up by some state lawmakers who believe Airbnb facilitates the flouting of the city's housing law," according to Hamilton. In New York City, it's illegal to rent out a Class A multiple-dwelling property for any period of less than 30 days. Locally, laws vary by jurisdiction. On Oct. 14 there were Airbnb Columbia County listings in Hillsdale, New Lebanon, Chatham, Craryville, Copake, Elizaville, Valatie, and Hudson, and Greene County listings in Coxsackie, East Durham, Hunter, Windham, Cornwallville and Catskill. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.
From New York Magazine, the Airbnb listing.[/caption]Matthew Hamilton in the Albany Times-Union reports that the battle between New York City tenants who want to use the internet-based service Airbnb to sub-lease their apartments, and landlords who do not want to let them, has now moved upstate. In Stuyvesant, New York magazine first reported, Michelle Martinez was evicted by Christopher Griffith, the owner of the renovated 1880s Dutch barn, after Griffith discovered that Martinez was sub-leasing the barn for $4,000 a month. Now Martinez appears in an Airbnb ad campaign, "designed to depict its users as everyday New Yorkers trying to make a modest extra income. Her eviction has been taken up by some state lawmakers who believe Airbnb facilitates the flouting of the city's housing law," according to Hamilton. In New York City, it's illegal to rent out a Class A multiple-dwelling property for any period of less than 30 days. Locally, laws vary by jurisdiction. On Oct. 14 there were Airbnb Columbia County listings in Hillsdale, New Lebanon, Chatham, Craryville, Copake, Elizaville, Valatie, and Hudson, and Greene County listings in Coxsackie, East Durham, Hunter, Windham, Cornwallville and Catskill. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.