lori jane gliha vects. >> it makes me feel jerfeous. >> reporter: john reid live in this manhattan building since 1992. he and others say apartments occupied by neighbours are rented from sought of town visitors for weeks at a time. >> reporter: what have you observed? >> we observe suitcases. it's transient. instead of people living here and committing to the building and neighbourhood, they are coming and going. i don't feel they have the same attitude that i do. >> reporter: air b&b is supposed to be about people sharing space in their homes. new york state senator liz kruggar said she started to hear complaints a few years ago. >> people they didn't know had keys to the front doors of the building. were in the hallways, elevators with no explanation. sometimes there were loud parties going on with large groups of people. >> in new york city, it's illegal to rent out your apartment for fewer than 30 days, unless you are living there too. a report last year from new york's attorney-general found 72% of air b&b rentals were illegal. they were short-term rentals of apartments, something cal