OP-ED: Short-term rental rules hurt—not help—goals to promote safe, affordable housing

OP-ED: Short-term rental rules hurt—not help—goals to promote safe, affordable housing

New York City has a housing affordability crisis. New Yorkers have as close to 0% chance of finding a safe, affordable place to live as they have ever experienced in the nearly 60-year history of the Housing Vacancy Survey. Our city is already one of the most expensive places in the world to live, and while housing prices and rents are going up, real incomes are flat, making it harder for families — particularly low-income New Yorkers — to maint…