Airbnb said Monday that it’s weeding out users who offer multiple New York City apartments for rent — hours after The Post revealed that state authorities had compiled a list of “hosts” with dozens of listings each.
“Every host on this list that rents apartments has been notified that they and their listings will be permanently removed from Airbnb,” the subletting service said on its Web site.
“Their profile pages may still be available on our site, solely to support existing reservations. When their existing bookings end, there will be no trace of them on Airbnb.”
Airbnb also pledged “ongoing” efforts to improve its operations in New York, adding: “We are a young company. We are constantly learning.”
Airbnb is scheduled to face off in an Albany courtroom Tuesday against the state Attorney General’s Office, which last year subpoenaed the company’s records as part of a probe into alleged evasion of hotel taxes and violations of zoning laws.
A spokesman for AG Eric Schneiderman said: “Airbnb acknowledges deleting hundreds of potentially illegal listings on the eve of our hearing, while launching a string of attacks on the attorney general in a transparent effort to distract from our investigation.”