If you search AirBnB for rentals in New York City where you have the whole place to yourself, you'll find thousands of listings for unquestionably illegal renta

If you search AirBnB for rentals in New York City where you have the whole place to yourself, you'll find thousands of listings for unquestionably illegal rentals. I wonder whether it's legal for AirBnB to do this, and I have mixed feelings about whether it should be. By taking a commission and providing insurance, they're involving themselves intimately in clearly illegal transactions. I'm guessing it would hinge on the exact way NYC law is written and on jurisdictional issues. Either way, this doesn't absolve people violating their leases by subletting on AirBnB. You're responsible for abiding by your contracts the same way that you're responsible for abiding by the law. The fact that someone helped you carry out your malfeasance doesn't change that.