and metrolivery's business picked up again. why would they want to protect existing businesses?ting businesses are politically connected. >> right. and in this town the hotel industry lobbied for a bill that makes it illegal for me to rent my own apartment for less than a month. and it passed. i'll explain. >>> got some extra space in your house? want to make some extra money renting it? now you can. >> here's my room. i think it's pretty nice. here's the stairs. they were going to sand them but i think it actually looks cool. >> they? who's they? >> i think this is their office. >> victoria doesn't know much about this apartment because it belongs to strangers. and she and her mom just arrived. they're from florida, but they wanted to visit new york city for a few days and they prefer to stay in a home. >> a lot better than being in a hotel, by far. being in the city with a child it is much more convenient because not only are his breakfasts amazing. >> alec renovated his apartment and then decided to make some extra money by renting his extra space to tourists. that's why he m