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.