Despite Ban, New York City Had More Airbnb Rentals Than Anywhere Else in the World on New Years Eve
City officials should learn that Airbnb and other short term rental services can't be legislated out of existence.
City officials should learn that Airbnb and other short term rental services can't be legislated out of existence.
Among the recommendations removed from the final report, a ban on police using Tasers on unarmed people.
License plate readers, facial recognition software, and registration suspensions-a dangerous combination.
Taxpayers will foot the bill for the vicious beating of 19-year-old Jateik Reed, which started with an illegal stop-and-frisk.
The Hotel Carter is "undeniably, unequivocally, the worst hotel in New York City" but thanks to anti-Airbnb regulations, it's a "winner."
Company abandons legal challenge after NYC promises not to bring enforcement actions against it. City says it will only target users.
Crony capitalism leads to price gouging, again.
Usually opponents, the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council joined forces with the Hotel Association of New York City to fight short-term rentals.
High rents have been a problem a lot longer then Airbnb has existed.
People's homes and businesses threatened unless they sign away rights.
When retired NYPD cops are accused of abusing the NYPD's disability pension fund, the NYPD investigates. What could go wrong?
Not even DNA evidence can get him to change his mind.
Another case where calls for 'mass snooping' ignore other avenues for information.
Report states "CUNY cannot punish" pro-Palestinian group for their politics, but "can still condemn" anti-Semitism.
After decades of making "Personnel Orders" public, NYPD quietly decides they don't have to.
Gurley was killed in a Brooklyn housing project's stairwell by former NYPD Officer Peter Liang.
Editorial board concedes that the heated rhetoric around curtailing unconstitutional stops did not lead to an end of effective policing.
Fourteen "attractive girls" have gone missing from the Bronx since July 2014, said Councilman Andy King, and he suspects the worst. There's just one problem...
Officials have a century-plus history of making life difficult for people trying to make a buck.
Apparently, it's asking too much for two city bureaucracies to communicate with each other before threatening a private citizen.
"I believed in big government until I met it up close."
Says he was told he "better not put this out there."
William Bratton cites a problem created by prohibition as a reason to keep it.
Luckily, the state is incapable of administering a potentially disastrous law.
Federal and state investigators reportedly probing donations by seller of garbage bags.
New guidelines also say pumping breast milk at work must be permitted and require "reasonable accommodations" for employees who have recently miscarried or aborted a pregnancy.
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
Broad police discretion over who may own and carry guns seems blatantly unconstitutional.
The city recently landmarked a giant Pepsi-Cola sign because of its "prominent siting."
Peter Liang gets probation and community service for killing Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell.
A Brooklyn man is arrested for paying cops to "expedite" pistol permit applications, a business created by arbitrary regulations.
This could be Bernie's last stand, but his bad ideas will live on.
But Jane Jacobs' motivations in opposing the "Power Broker" remain misunderstood.
They're the real problem with New York, he says.
Meanwhile, the erstwhile "America's Mayor" is voting for the authoritarian billionaire, but not endorsing him.
Progressive economist gets supply-and-demand, to a point.
The fight over government access to your private data will not be ending anytime soon.
Neither the taxi commission nor the NYPD wants you to know much about them.
Peter Liang shot an innocent, unarmed man in a stairwell, then texted his union rep rather than help his victim.
The Big Apple becomes the latest city to embrace "over-legislating the human race" at sporting events.
(Spoiler: It alienated people and didn't uncover radicals.)