First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree.
Second: laws are intended to be preventative. Some of them are to prevent the bad outcome (manslaughter is illegal), some of them to prevent things that commonly lead to a bad outcome (campfires in my bedroom are illegal). If I build a campfire in my room and this time it doesn't destroy my building, that doesn't excuse me in law or ethics. I still did a dangerous thing, knowingly and recklessly.
> There will be fines involved, because NYC wants their cut of the profits.
There are fines involved because NYC operates, even its own gloriously half-arsed way, under the rule of law.
"First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree."
You don't know either. So I guess we are both speculating.
"Second: laws are intended to be preventative. "
Do you agree with all laws on the books? I sure don't.
"I build a campfire in my room and this time it doesn't destroy my building, that doesn't excuse me in law or ethics. I still did a dangerous thing, knowingly and recklessly."
Can you explain to me how having a legitimate business where nobody was scammed and the outcome was a happy customer is reckless? In addition to this, there were multiple jobs added to the economy as a result of their business venture.
"There are fines involved because NYC operates, even its own gloriously half-arsed way, under the rule of law."
The hotel lobby has lots of influence in NYC. It's a very similar situation to the taxicab unions. Some laws should be bent and broken..because they need to be changed.
First: You don't know that. In fact the neighbours would disagree.
Second: laws are intended to be preventative. Some of them are to prevent the bad outcome (manslaughter is illegal), some of them to prevent things that commonly lead to a bad outcome (campfires in my bedroom are illegal). If I build a campfire in my room and this time it doesn't destroy my building, that doesn't excuse me in law or ethics. I still did a dangerous thing, knowingly and recklessly.
> There will be fines involved, because NYC wants their cut of the profits.
There are fines involved because NYC operates, even its own gloriously half-arsed way, under the rule of law.