Tag: illegal
Oct
22
East Hampton wants to use AI to crack down on illegal rentals as half of listings found to be unlicensed
East Hampton is considering using AI and stricter penalties to root out illegal short-term rentals after new data revealed half of the roughly 2,000 listings in the ritzy vacation getaway are unlicensed. The elite East End town is seeing a surge in illegal bookings that elected officials blame on an influx of new investors — […]
Oct
11
State shoots down this Long Island town’s local cannabis laws, finding them illegal and overreaching: ‘Nightmare is almost over’
Southampton’s local weed laws just went up in smoke as state cannabis officials blasted the town’s overly stringent rules as illegal and designed to intentionally block legal dispensaries from ever opening. The unanimous decision by the state’s Cannabis Control Board on Monday effectively torched Southampton’s local permitting scheme — a system that state-licensed cannabis business […]