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 ...

Thinking of turning that extra space into a real rental? From permits to practical steps, here's what you need to know before ...

Deborah Torres, right, talks to police officers in Queens, where three people died after their basement apartment flooded. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock Eight ...

For New York City Council Member Darma Diaz, like so many others, an unsafe basement apartment once served as the only attainable option for housing. After many families living in illegal basement ...

A reader asks: I am living in a basement at [address withheld] and just wanted to know if it is legal. It is a walk-in basement and the situation I am facing living in the basement is unbearable. City ...

In an office building in downtown Manhattan, an eight-foot-long banner stretched across the length of a fluorescent-lit ...

The horrific deaths of New Yorkers whose basement apartments flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida has shocked and surprised the nation and may well lead to pressure on building officials to crack ...

‘In one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, people will continue to rent basement apartments whether they are legal or not. We need legalization to make them safe.’ New York ...

More than two years ago, Hurricane Ida claimed the lives of 11 New Yorkers in flooded, mostly-illegal basement apartments. The deluge of rain that hit New York City on Friday prompted concerns that ...

More than a dozen people were killed in storm-related incidents in New York City after the remnants of Hurricane Ida slammed the region. Many of the victims were killed in basement apartments. Now, ...

Housing experts claim the city’s pilot program creates risk for tenants and fails to adequately set up relief for ...