Mayor Eric Adams recruited faith leaders to open up churches, synagogues and mosques for migrants, but he's now considering taking things a step further by asking private homeowners to share their space.
New York City civil rights attorney Ken Belkin said the mayor could issue an executive order to temporarily change laws. "Technically, short-term rentals of 30 days or less are illegal in New York City," Belkin said. "So, if this is going to be something less than 30 days, they would have to change the existing law.
Given the state of the crisis with the influx of migrants into New York City, it's unprecedented, and I do think his emergency powers would allow him to make an executive order to do this. If he does go the route of an executive order, you can guarantee that it's going to generate a whole host of litigation.
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