(DNAINFO) Gwynn Hogan | May 3, 2017 — A Brooklyn assemblyman’s written argument for his bill aimed at upending city laws governing short-term rentals plagiarizes several paragraphs from a memo by Airbnb.

Joseph Lentol’s “one-host one-home” provision, introduced into the state Assembly on April 28, justifies the need for the law using two paragraphs written by the short-term rental company’s policy team in 2016, the Times Union first reported.

“For as long as people have had homes, they have opened them up to travelers, welcoming newcomers to their neighborhoods and earning a little extra money on the side. By the middle of the 19th century, nearly half of urban Americans spent part of their lives either as boarders in others’ homes or as hosts in their own,” both the 2016 memo and the justification for Lentol’s bill read.

Source: Assemblyman’s Pro-Airbnb Legislation Plagiarizes Lingo From Company’s Memo – Williamsburg – DNAinfo New York