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Assembly to reallocate $40,000 to pilot software tracking short-term rentals borough-wide
Summary
The Finance Committee reviewed an administration proposal to move $30,000 from Community Planning and $10,000 from the mayor's office to buy a one-year software-as-a-service for identifying short-term rental listings and addresses; the tool would be used to scope compliance and potential unpaid bed tax collections.
Director Kellen Spielman told the committee the administration plans to reappropriate $40,000 from existing FY25 budgets to purchase a software-as-a-service product that tracks short-term rental listings and locations. "The hope for this project fund is to be able to go out for an RFP to purchase, software as a as a service, essentially," Spielman said.
Staff described the funding sources as excess in community planning—udget lines for professional services and training that went unused this year. The software companies demonstrated to staff typically…
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