Hello Amazing Weehawken Host,
What we Host are going through in weehawken is really sad / bad. Some of us have a summon to show up in court next month February. I’m not sure if we can all show up, or if we need to sign petition, or maybe there’s nothing that would really help us out at this point.
Word on the street is that the hotel developers down by the river has “settled” the building department or more people in authority to try shut down Airbnb this way they can get all the guest in their hotel. Also, there are some people, very few who will never get shut down by the building department “they are allowed to host or room and board” why, I can’t give details...
When you ask the Buildng department to show you the Ordinance they show you something from 1990 and doesn’t apply to today’s Airbnb housing and boarding situation. Even the State of NJ Okayed room and boarding but this city is just settling with the little “settlement” that they have gotten... they could have done a deal with the host where they take fees from Host just like Jersey City and other NJ Cities. Maybe someone hasn’t hint them on that.
I’m really not sure what we can do. I have not heard of any crime committed by any guest since I have lived in this town. So, I’m not sure why they can’t just let us continue to host. The Hotels by the river would get booking so would we.
Many restaurants, cafes and gift shops in the area had mentioned that they are doing well because of all the visitors that’s stoping by for breakfast and dinners at their cafes and restaurants. Maybe some of those restaurants and businesses need to chime in to see if that would help (maybe)
Maybe we should all write a letter to the mayors office. Telling him the benefit of Hosting to us and the community (I’m sure that they know) and telling him how there’s no crime committed by guest (they know that too) and how they can charge us all some fees, just like in Jersey City (maybe they don’t know how much they’ll make from us all - they might give in if they know)
Good Luck to us all. I look forward to reading from you all.