It should be called The Expensive New York Hotel Protection Act. New York state senators want to ban property owners from renting to people for less than a month, a popular move among vacationers/tourists seeking accommodations that are cheaper than a hotel. Nothing like squashing the rights of a property owner. Aside from ensuring against fraud, the government has no business telling a property owner what he/she can/can’t do with a home or apartment. Bottom line: hotels don’t like competition and this legislation would protect them from it even though the marketplace is demanding other options.