The de Blasio administration has been granted a preliminary injunction against the owners of two residential buildings allegedly being run as illegal hotels, the Daily News reports.
"When we have a bad actor putting people's safety at risk, we're going to go after them," said First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris in a statement.
While it's technically illegal for New York City residents to rent their entire place for fewer than 30 days at a time — room-shares and extended sublets are allowed — the city and attorney general's office have insisted they're not interested in small-time Airbnb-ers, but those using the share economy to become mini hospitality moguls. Their first targets: brothers Hamid Kermanshah and Abdolmajid Kermanshah, who own and operate a four-story building on Fifth Avenue and a ten-story building on West 31st Street.
