Investors Slam NY Senate’s AirBnB P2P Apartment Ban

Investors Slam NY Senate’s AirBnB P2P Apartment Ban

Silicon Valley investors including Ashton Kutcher have come out in opposition to New York’s part ratification of a bill banning peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation site Airbnb. Airbnb ‘Dangerous’. The bill, which was passed by Senate and now goes before Governor Andrew Cuomo, bans the advertising of entire apartments, which politicians say is “dangerous.”....


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