Airbnb has already released economic data to try and sway public opinion in its favor. But the attorney general's office, which recently subpoenaed the short-term rental site's New York user data, has some economic data of its own, telling the Times that "the top 40 Airbnb hosts in New York have each grossed at least $400,000 over the past three years, a collective total of over $35 million. The top 100 hosts in that time period have grossed $54 million." The state claims that these are the users it's targeting—the ones running large-scale illegal businesses, not the regular people renting out their spare rooms. [NYT; previously]
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