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NYC doesn’t hate Airbnb. It hates risk. And short-term rentals—when poorly managed—create a lot of it. Illegal units, unsafe buildings, lost tax revenue, housing shortages, and buildings that feel...
Short-term rental income sounds passive—until the city shows up with a violation notice taped to your front gate. What looks like a simple Airbnb listing can trigger thousands in fines, forced...
Short-term rentals look like easy money—until the violations start stacking up. A listing goes live. Bookings pour in. Rent checks roll through like clockwork. Then the letter shows up. Maybe it’s...
Stop Work Orders don’t come with a warning. They hit hard, then stall everything. One violation. One uninspected scaffold. One unfiled permit. That’s all it takes to shut down an entire job site or...
Think filing a 311 complaint will solve your building problem? It might feel like the right move, but it could cause more harm than good. Here’s what most people don’t realize: 311 isn’t...
Every delay costs money. Every violation risks more than a stop-work order. Yet most people still scramble after the fact—Googling acronyms, guessing what triggered the fine, and pulling together...