In September last year, the most aggressive measure ever adopted in a major US city to try to put an end to tourist apartments took effect in New York. Local Law 18, popularly known as the Airbnb veto, severely restricts short-stay tourist rentals in the Big Apple. More than 10 months after its launch, the move taken by New York, which was praised weeks ago by the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Colboni, describing it as a “brave decision,” maintains the lights and shadows, and since then the beginning, defenders and detractors.
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