Judge backs Airbnb host over city: “Leave the poor guy alone”

A judge has sided with a small-time Airbnb host against the city in a case that could narrow the de Blasio administration’s crackdown on short-term rentals. In a decision handed down Friday, Justice Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of Stanley Karol, a Brooklynite who was fined for a series of code violations including using his home for illegal occupancy. Karol, who lives at the property and sometimes rents out the basement unit, had claimed the

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