There is one high profile illegal hotelier in NYC who is probably solely responsible for all the media attention and ruining it for everyone else: Hotel Toshi.

There is one high profile illegal hotelier in NYC who is probably solely responsible for all the media attention and ruining it for everyone else: Hotel Toshi. He's a wannabe actor who was the asian chippendale gag on Conan a few years back. The guy even advertises for cleaning staff and has his own vans and trucks painted with his logo. I found AirBNB unusable in NYC because half the listings were from Hotel Toshi. http://ny.curbed.com/tags/hotel-toshi http://ny.curbed.com/tags/hotel-toshi http://www.airbnb.com/users/rentals/8194 http://www.airbnb.com/users/rentals/8194 http://www.myspace.com/toshifilms http://www.myspace.com/toshifilms