More than two dozen local elected officials, including Mayor Eric Adams, were hit with illegal short-term rental complaints ahead of new restrictions on Airbnb and other platforms.
The DOB refers complaints to the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement, which investigates them.
Still, a review of publicly available records reveals some patterns in the complaints made between June 6 and July 19. “This couldn’t be a coincidence,” said housing advocate Ben Carlos Thypin, who first noticed the pattern of complaints against a number of lawmakers. “The question is, in whose interests is it to execute this illegal rental complaint campaign against elected officials?”against Councilmember Vickie Paladino’s property, including a short-term rental allegation made in June.
Gennaro’s home in Queens was hit with a complaint on June 20, immediately after identical claims filed against the homes of Paladino and fellow Queens Councilmember Sandra Ung. Properties owned by Mealy and Councilmembers Mercedes Narcisse and Justin Brannan, who also represent Brooklyn, also faced a similar blitz of consecutive complaints on June 16.
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