{"id":1870,"date":"2026-06-24T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:09:28","slug":"intern-summer-finding-a-bed-in-the-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The lifeblood of New York City during the summer is a sudden influx of thousands of bustling, hard-working young people interning for 12 weeks at premiere investment banks, tech firms, and other Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>

Read more The COVID Conspiracy Continues<\/a><\/p>\n

But the hot summer is becoming more and more financially out of reach for the middle and working class. For many years, interns have thrown away most of their summer earnings just to afford NYC rents for a summer sublease. And the problem is only getting worse.<\/p>\n

The city has virtually banned Airbnb from operating in the city, cutting off interns from one of the easiest and sleekest options to find a room for two to three months. While stays longer than 30 days are legally permitted, the chilling effect of Local Law 18 — which requires registration of short-term rentals with City Hall and prohibits booking services from conducting unregistered short-term rentals — has nearly entirely halted New Yorkers from listing their spare room or empty unit on platforms like Airbnb.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back in 2023, I shared a one-bedroom Airbnb apartment in East Williamsburg with another young professional to intern at Goldman Sachs. It was expensive, tricky to ship Amazon packages to, impossible to host guests at — let alone fit two people in. But it was the only way we were able to take advantage of the internship. So we made it work.<\/p>\n

And without the option, we would have had to choose between forfeiting our internships or spending more than we earned to seek hotel accommodations.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s asinine and everyone knows it.<\/p>\n

New York is a dynamic, bustling city. Short-term stays are critical to upward economic mobility, particularly for younger people, business development opportunities and more. Startups and the creative industry depend heavily on talent flying in for brief periods of time to work on critical projects — from filming a TV show to pitching investors.<\/p>\n

Summer interns are essential to this equation. Their brief stints on Wall Street or in Big Tech firms serve as a training ground for the next generation of talent. Dorm room and Airbnb accommodations let that magic happen, keeping the growth of New York\u2019s economy going for years to come.<\/p>

Read more The Evolution of Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Without reliable options, younger interns fall victim to scams. Subleases are often advertised through personal social media accounts, with little oversight to verify identities and ensure financial security for the renters. The insurance policies offered by sites like Airbnb are not available to independently coordinated short-term leases.<\/p>\n

New York likes to think of itself as the city where ambitious young people, regardless of their background, can \u201cmake it.\u201d But if those young people can\u2019t even find a place to sleep for 12 summer weeks, that promise starts to feel empty.<\/p>\n

Internships are supposed to be a pathway to opportunity, not a luxury reserved for those whose parents can bankroll a Manhattan apartment or hotel. New York should be expanding the number of safe, legal housing options for interns and young professionals, not shrinking them.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the Big Apple risks turning one of its greatest strengths — attracting ambitious talent from around the country — into yet another thing only the wealthy can afford.<\/p>\n

Sam Raus is the David Boaz Resident Writing Fellow at Young Voices. Follow him on X: @SamRaus1.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

Read more Alan Greenspan\u2019s Legacy On Inflation And Trade<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The lifeblood of New York City during the summer is a sudden influx of thousands of bustling, hard-working young people interning for 12 weeks at premiere investment banks, tech firms, and other Fortune 500 companies. Read more The COVID Conspiracy Continues But the hot summer is becoming more and more financially out of reach for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,2],"tags":[788],"class_list":["post-1870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-city","category-politics","tag-related-topics-new-york-city-housing"],"yoast_head":"\nIntern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lifeblood of New York City during the summer is a sudden influx of thousands of bustling, hard-working young people interning for 12 weeks at premiere investment banks, tech firms, and other Fortune 500 companies. Read more The COVID Conspiracy Continues But the hot summer is becoming more and more financially out of reach for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Interstate Logistics Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3268e9d222abbc4201bb8bdf1ac5fb3b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4\"},\"headline\":\"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870\"},\"wordCount\":571,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Related Topics: New York City, Housing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New York City\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870\",\"name\":\"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?p=1870#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Interstate Logistics Hub\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub","og_description":"The lifeblood of New York City during the summer is a sudden influx of thousands of bustling, hard-working young people interning for 12 weeks at premiere investment banks, tech firms, and other Fortune 500 companies. Read more The COVID Conspiracy Continues But the hot summer is becoming more and more financially out of reach for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870","og_site_name":"Interstate Logistics Hub","article_published_time":"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3268e9d222abbc4201bb8bdf1ac5fb3b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4"},"headline":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City","datePublished":"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870"},"wordCount":571,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg","keywords":["Related Topics: New York City, Housing"],"articleSection":["New York City","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870","url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870","name":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City - Interstate Logistics Hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-24T10:09:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/910431c2e8760e1c52b39be5e2ad6083.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1870#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Intern summer: Finding a bed in the Big City"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/","name":"Interstate Logistics Hub","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/93038961905b9b4e826fad647449a9a4","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com"],"url":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}