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Albany residents urge county to join short-term rental registry, collect bed tax
Summary
Multiple Albany residents and landlords urged the Albany County Legislature during public comment to opt into a new state short-term rental registry so the county can collect bed tax and regulate rentals they say remove housing from the long-term market.
Several Albany residents urged the Albany County Legislature on Jan. 13 to opt into a newly signed New York state law that creates a registry for short-term rentals, arguing the change would allow the county to collect bed tax and curb neighborhood problems caused by commercial short-term rental operations. Nancy Goody, an Albany resident and landlord, told the chamber the law “is to create a registry of short term rentals and each county gets the opportunity to, buy into this, registration system.”
Why it matters: Speakers said opting in would let Albany County collect bed tax revenue and give local government a tool to track and regulate rentals they say are displacing long-term housing. “It is…
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