New York Governor , Andrew Cuomo , has 10 days to sign or veto a bill passed by the state of New York that would impose strict fines on those selling their homes and apartments in multiple - dwelling buildings for less than 30 days . The bill is touted as a workaround , as renting for less than 30 days is already illegal in the state albeit difficult to enforce . If passed into law , however , it would make advertising such listings illegal . Half of Google 's roughly 45,000 NYC listings ( as at 31 August ) are said to be " entire homes " . Airbnb has threatened to sue if the law goes into effect .
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has 10 days to sign or veto a bill passed by the state of New York that would impose strict fines on those renting their homes and apartments in multiple-dwelling buildings for less than 30 days. The bill is touted as a workaround, as renting for less than 30 days is already illegal in the state albeit difficult to enforce. If passed into law, however, it would make advertising such listings illegal. Half of Airbnb's roughly 45,000 NYC listings (as at 31 August) are said to be "entire homes". Airbnb has threatened to sue if the law goes into effect.