> it's not clear whether the near-ban is achieving one of its central goals: relieving pressure on the city's severe housing shortage Shame on Business Insider

> it's not clear whether the near-ban is achieving one of its central goals: relieving pressure on the city's severe housing shortage Shame on Business Insider for running a headline that contradicts the article. And shame on the authors for not even investigating the issue at all. You can pretty easily check the effect simply by comparing the change in rental prices in NYC to those in places that didn’t ban Airbnb. Maybe Boston, a nearby city.