Updated, 2:37 p.m. | New Yorkers who use Airbnb to rent out their homes are joining the company's fight against a subpoena that the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, filed earlier this month that demands records of some 15,000 hosts in New York State.
"Legalize Sharing: Save Airbnb in New York," the petition Mishelle Farer, a former Army sergeant, plans to deliver to the New York State Senate, has garnered nearly 50,000 signatures, exceeding its initial goal of 20,000.
"We're not slumlords," Ms. Farer wrote, adding that renting a room in her Brooklyn apartment has provided her with a source of income while she goes to school.
On Monday, Airbnb endorsed the "Legalize Sharing" petition. In an e-mail to New York users, Douglas Atkin, Airbnb's global head of community, wrote, "only if you make your voice heard will policy makers finally realize that overbroad laws are hurting you and hurting New York."
Airbnb has filed a motion in New York Supreme Court seeking to block the subpoena, which is based on a 2010 New York state law that bars renters from subletting properties for fewer than 30 days if they are not present. (That law does permit hosts like Ms. Farer to rent space in their apartments while they're staying there.)
Airbnb argues that the law was designed to crack down on businesses that were converting apartments or buildings into illegal hotels — not on the average Airbnb host.
David Hantman, Airbnb's head of global public policy, wrote earlier this month on the company's public policy blog that "we believe the Attorney General is only seeking to target an incredibly small number of bad actors who abuse the Airbnb platform."
"Even the politicians who wrote the original New York law agree it was never designed to target ordinary, everyday people who occasionally share their homes," he wrote, adding that while the company is willing to work with leaders in New York and other cities to ensure that its hosts pay applicable taxes, the company is committed to protecting our hosts' privacy and refuses to turn over its data.
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