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New York City's Office of Special Enforcement is getting a handle on the host registration process, but it is cumbersome.
New York City’s Office of Special Enforcement says it has now decided on 90% applications from potential short-term rental hosts as part of regulations that kicked in last September.
Here are the numbers it provided Skift, which are as of January 15:
Approved: 1,211 – or 22% of the total applications submitted. Rejected: 897 – or 16% of applications handed in.The OSE has bounced back more than half (53%) of the applications submitted (5,549) to get additional information, to make corrections, or to receive additional information.
Typical reasons that applications get rejected is they ar