New York is missing out on a big opportunity by battling Airbnb. That was the message from the rental site's co-founder and chief technology officer Nathan Blecharczyk at the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Los Angeles.

"We're not against regulation," Blecharczyk said in an interview with CNNMoney. "But the approach has been let's reinforce the status quo."

Airbnb has been facing-off with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is pressing the real estate start-up for the identities of hosts it believes are running afoul of state housing laws. Under New York law, residents can't rent out properties for fewer than 30 days when they're not residing there, and Schneiderman claims that some Airbnb users are essentially running large-scale illegal hotels.

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