New York City just unveiled its newest effort, which will hand 15 homeowners up to $395,000 to build an additional apartment. This could mean an extra unit in a garage, basement, or attic ...

A wave of new construction for backyard and basement apartments on the lots of existing one- and two-family homes — known as ...

As New York City sees more bouts of severe rain, the flood risk these storms pose to many basement apartment dwellers isn't being fully accounted for, according to a new report from the Federal ...

A year after the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed 13 New York City residents, 11 of them having drowned in basement apartments, the city and state have made little progress in legalizing unauthorized ...

After at least 11 people drowned in New York City basement apartments when the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the region, city officials promised better protection for people living in ...

must press the City Council and State Legislature to take action and get basement and cellar units on a path to being safe and legal before the next big storm. It’s the least New York can do ...

Last year, New York City rolled out a pilot program that awarded 15 homeowners with up to nearly $400,000 in funding per household to build an extra dwelling in their backyard, basement ...

Brian Kavanagh and Assembly member Harvey Epstein on late Wednesday amended their bill to let New York City create an amnesty program for owners to rent out their currently illegal basement and ...

New York City fire prevention inspectors checking a tip about a collection of e-bike batteries posing a potential hazard discovered 40 migrants sleeping in a Queens basement behind a furniture ...

In 2019, the city created the Basement Apartment Conversion Pilot Program to help low-income homeowners in East New York and Cypress Hills renovate their below-ground units with financial and ...