I'm surprised NYC landlords aren't more up in arms about this. Me too. I run a vacation rental site and many property owners in the VR community are not happy

I'm surprised NYC landlords aren't more up in arms about this. Me too. I run a vacation rental site and many property owners in the VR community are not happy with AirBNB. It's not because they don't want the competition. They are all used to competing with other properties in their area. It's because they want a level playing field. Many areas require vacation rentals to be licensed and/or charge a tax on their rental fees. These VR owners don't like competing with AirBNB room owners because the VR owners presume - rightly or wrongly - that the AirBNB room owners are not properly licensed or collecting the appropriate taxes. I think AirBNB is a great idea and this proposed NY law goes way too far. They shouldn't be legislating innovative ideas like this out of existence. They should be finding ways to equitably welcome the AirBNB model into the existing fold.