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New York City isn't a nimble tech company, for sure. It's untenable for the city to mandate a September 5 enforcement deadline to implement new host registration rules when the city hasn't met its side of the bargain.
September 5 was the beginning of New York City's host registration rules. However, the city's electronic verification system isn't operational yet, Skift has learned from three sources familiar with the new process.
The system is meant to help the city's Office of Special Enforcement communicate with short-term rental platforms like Airbnb to ensure they aren't accepting bookings from unregistered hosts.
Under the historic new registration requirements, hosts with shared rooms need to obtain registrations from the city to legally accommodate a maximum of two guests, and the hosts need to be present du