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Report: Airbnb will continue to affect rental market without new city law

January 22, 2019

The study, funded by the hotel union-backed coalition Share Better, says absent the new city regulations that were recently shot down by...

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NYS' leading immigration group kicking off $1 million effort for drivers' licenses

January 14, 2019

In what could be its biggest campaign, the New York Immigration Coalition, the state’s largest immigration advocacy group, plans to spend...

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Cuomo will try to avoid dreaded 3rd term curse

January 1, 2019

“He has a Ph.D. in how to navigate and leverage Albany and its various power centers,” said veteran political consultant Neal Kwatra....

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Los Angeles is finally regulating Airbnb stays

December 13, 2018

On December 11, the 15-person Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve a new set of rules regarding short-term rentals. The...

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L.A. approves new rules for Airbnb-type rentals after years of debate

December 11, 2018

The online platforms must regularly hand over host information to the city, a step that L.A. officials say will help with enforcement....

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ShareBetter Releases New Ads In Airbnb Fight

November 21, 2018

“While touting transparency and spending millions to promote its website – which attracts many unscrupulous commercial operators – Airbnb...

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Airbnb’s growth is slowing amid safety concerns

November 20, 2018

The hotel industry, which has done its part to sow fears about Airbnb, is seizing on Morgan Stanley study findings with a new $750,000 ad...

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Hotel And City Representatives From Around The World Are Meeting To Discuss The Airbnb Problem

November 18, 2018

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson told BuzzFeed News, "Twenty-first-century problems require complex solutions, and global...

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D.C. Council gives final approval to tight limits on Airbnb and other home-sharing companies

November 13, 2018

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to impose some of the tightest limits in the nation on Airbnb and other short-term rental...

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Democrat Tom Malinowski unseats Republican Leonard Lance in NJ's 7th Congressional District

November 7, 2018

Despite rainy conditions Tuesday, Democrat Tom Malinowski, who prevailed in New Jersey’s 7th District House election, was confident his...

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James to become first black woman to serve as New York’s attorney general

November 6, 2018

“Tish has the ability to leverage that office’s considerable tools and be a major league player from day one,” said Democratic operative...

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HuffPost — GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney Loses Re-election To Democrat Anthony Brindisi

November 6, 2018

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in the House, lost her re-election bid on Tuesday to Democrat...

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Broward voters approve sales tax hike to combat traffic congestion

November 6, 2018

Broward voters cast a decisive ballot for better roads, less congestion and more public transit options Tuesday, agreeing to increase the...

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HTC Releases Ads Knocking 3 Upstate Republicans

October 25, 2018

Ads released by the political arm of the Hotel Trades Council will begin airing today, amounting to a “closing argument” with less than...

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Hotel workers union targets Katko as part of $2M radio, TV ad campaign

October 23, 2018

A union representing 40,000 hospitality workers in New Jersey and New York blasts Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko’s tax vote in a new...

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Hotel union ads ripping 3 upstate GOP House members over potential Medicare & Social Security cuts

October 22, 2018

With just over two weeks until Election Day, the influential union representing New York hotel workers is hitting three upstate...

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Union rolls out new radio ads against Faso and Tenney

October 22, 2018

New radio advertisements attacking congressional Republican incumbents John Faso and Claudia Tenney will start airing on Tuesday. The...

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Hotel trades union spending $2M to boost Democrats in House races

October 9, 2018

A new ad buy from the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents about 40,000 hospitality workers in the region, is...

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Airbnb finds few political allies in fight against new reporting law

October 2, 2018

As Airbnb attempts to fight off new regulations that will curb its business in one of the company’s highest-activity cities, the...

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As vote nears, coalitions war over proposed rules for short-term rentals in D.C.

October 1, 2018

Short-term rentals available online became more popular in the District after 2009, when Airbnb launched here. Now, almost a decade...

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