# Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed about his joint research on Airbnb rentals in New York City

1 Faculty News October 27, 2017 ![Cheddar TV logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/cheddar192x144.jpg?itok=6U_66wJP)>

Excerpt from [Cheddar](https://cheddar.com/videos/airbnbs-nyc-money-problems) -- "New York City has among the most stringent regulations on short-term rentals, so it makes it increasingly hard to rent your place out on Airbnb relative to most American cities. I think the right regulatory approach is to first recognize that the regulatory boxes that were created for hotels don't fit the typical Airbnb host because this is fundamentally a different business model."

[Watch the video](https://cheddar.com/videos/airbnbs-nyc-money-problems)