It’s no easy feat to find an affordable apartment in many cities. Renters will scour the city streets for a decent deal, searching uptown, downtown and increasingly, underground. But basement ...

NYC has published draft guidelines to launch a pilot program legalizing basement apartments for qualifying one- and ...

Know how much space you are working with. This is particularly important regarding height: Many local regulations on turning a basement into a livable area require that the basement be at least 7 feet ...

When will we finally stop letting our neighbors die? Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the city and took the lives of 44 New Yorkers. Fast forward to one year ago, when Hurricane Ida claimed the ...

The Town of Huntington is proposing changes that would legalize basement apartments and detached garages as secondary living spaces in single-family homes, measures they say will help boost affordable ...

A side street in East New York. The basement program was a featured capital investment in the 2016 East New York rezoning plan The de Blasio administration’s basement pilot program is headed to hiatus ...

A City Council bill up for debate next week would legalize certain basement apartments in East New York—which officials hope will create affordable housing within existing buildings while bringing ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined her sweeping plans to expand access to New York housing, including a proposal that New York City be given the authority to legalize basement ...