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New York's effort to return 50K apartments to rent regulation fails
Some tenant advocates said they were not surprised that the voluntary approach yielded few results
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Police seek 2 passersby who handled New York pressure cooker bomb
However, the two are wanted as witnesses and are not suspected in the bombing
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Where to stay for $39 a night in New York City? In a yellow cab
It may have a great view of Manhattan, but this vacation rental sits in parking spaces in Long Island City, Queens, and has no bathroom. And it has a bit of that old car smell.Still, Jonathan Powley's listing on Airbnb does have its perks. The views really are fantastic, and at $39 a night ($49 on Fridays and Saturdays), visitors to New York City would be hard pressed to find a cheaper accommodation. The rental, though, is actually a decommissioned yellow cab with a bed in the back."People spend anniversaries in there," Powley, who lives in Long Island City, said. "It's very romantic."Powley said the taxi and the motor homes he had previously listed on the vacation rental website were in demand. The taxi was booked for most nights that he made it available, he said, and it had attracted visitors from as far as Singapore and as near as Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn.The price is the primary appeal of the taxi, some guests said, because even low-end hotels in the city can cost hundreds of d
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