Airbnb is making a big push to loosen the regulatory noose around its neck in the Big Apple – before it’s too late and a Mamdani administration potentially takes over.

The home-sharing giant wants the City Council to change a 2023 law that effectively shut down most Airbnb listings in the city.

Under the proposed legislation, owners of single-family homes would be allowed to offer rentals without the hosts being present for less than 30 days. The city’s limit on guests would also be lifted, from two to four.

The new legislation targets Local Law 18, a two year-old bill that has decimated Airbnb and the rest of the short-term rental market in New York City.

After faltering earlier this year, the latest bill was quietly amended last week to also undo the existing law’s “unlocked doors p

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