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   From: emailbarry@yahoo.com   
      
   The city’s battle with Airbnb entered a new phase Friday when the   
   online rental site filed a lawsuit claiming the de Blasio   
   administration’s latest policy is “an extraordinary act of government   
   overreach.”   
      
   Airbnb filed the federal suit weeks after de Blasio signed a bill   
   requiring the home rental company to hand over the names and addresses   
   of all its hosts to an enforcement office.   
      
   Airbnb claims the new legislation forces the company to turn over “an   
   unprecedented amount of intimate personal data” to a government agency   
   that “works shoulder to shoulder with private investigators hired and   
   paid by the hotel lobby.”   
      
   “No probable cause, notice, or legal review is contemplated in   
   connection with the bulk collection of this data, and no real   
   restrictions are placed on its use or dissemination,” says the suit   
   filed in Manhattan Federal Court.   
      
   “As such, the ordinance is an unlawful end-run around established   
   restraints on governmental action and violates core constitutional   
   rights.”   
      
   De Blasio’s office fired back immediately, vowing to take the fight to   
   Airbnb.   
      
   “This law provides the city with the critical data it needs to   
   preserve our housing stock, keep visitors safe, and ensure residents   
   feel secure in their homes and neighborhoods,” said Christian   
   Klossner, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Special   
   Enforcement. “The city will defend it.”   
      
   The new law, slated to take effect in February 2019, is designed to   
   arm city officials with enough information to target AirBnb hosts who   
   violate home-sharing laws.   
      
   Existing laws ban apartment rentals of fewer than 30 days unless the   
   owner is present.   
      
   The new legislation drew swift condemnation from the city’s tech   
   community and the New York Civil Liberties Union.   
      
   De Blasio has argued that Airbnb, which has roughly 50,000 listings in   
   the five boroughs, creates a shortage of affordable rentals,   
   exacerbating the city's housing crisis.   
      
   Airbnb has countered that City Hall is bowing down to the interests of   
   the powerful hotel lobby, which sees the online rental site as an   
   existential threat.   
      
   http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-airbnb-sues-de-blas   
   o-administration-20180824-story.html   
      
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