01.24.2017 Government Greenport Village eyes permits for all rentals The Greenport Village Board has scheduled a public hearing on a revision to its residential rental permit law. The change would scale back some of the requirements in the...
08.06.2016 Government Homeowner files suit against Southold ZBA over short-term rental law If the Southold Town code never put any restrictions on the renting of single-family homes before a 2015 ban on stays of fewer than 14 nights, then prior short-term...
07.29.2016 Government At packed hearing, Greenport residents have say on rental rules Before Thursday night’s public hearing on new regulations for short-term rentals in Greenport Village, Mayor George Hubbard said the specifics of the legislation would be changed.
07.15.2016 Government Orient property owner ignored new short-term rental law, town says For the first time, Southold Town has taken legal action in state court against a short-term rental owner, accusing an Orient landlord of continuing to violate the town’s 14-night...
06.19.2016 Government Village may take up short-term rental issue again Last year, the Greenport Village Board considered enacting a law to deal with short-term rentals, but never adopted it. Now, the issue is coming up again.
03.31.2016 Government Landlords are fighting back against Southold’s short-term rental law Should homeowners who began renting their houses on a short-term basis before Aug. 25, 2015, be allowed to continue doing so? One Orient attorney and his clients think so.
03.03.2016 Business Suffolk Comptroller to discuss hotel-motel tax in Riverhead Months after Suffolk County began targeting short-term rental owners, county Comptroller John Kennedy is expected to explain how the hotel-motel tax is enforced at an upcoming meeting in Riverhead.
12.03.2015 Government Southold Town issued five tickets to short-term renters so far In the first month of the controversial short-term rental law’s existence, Southold Town issued five tickets to property owners who rented residences for fewer than 14 nights, including one...
11.19.2015 Government County starts collecting ‘hotel tax’ from short-term rental landlords Suffolk County has begun to crack down on short-term rental owners who list their properties online and are now requiring them to collect and remit a hotel-motel tax from...
10.30.2015 Government County officials hoping to ‘level playing field’ with hotel-motel tax Officials at the county level are exploring various strategies to collect a 3 percent occupancy tax from tourists who rent private homes for brief periods through websites such as...