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“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face this…

ByJessica González-Rojas

ByHarvey Epstein 1Comment

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Predictable Emergencies’: NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

“I haven’t slept at all, I panic every time it pours hard rain,” one basement tenant in Brooklyn told City Limits after water began to breach her apartment early Friday…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word ‘cellar’ is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to…

ByEmma Whitford 7Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 19-26

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

A Year After Ida Floods, New York’s $27M Immigrant Relief Fund Doled Out Less Than $2M

The Ida relief fund for “Excluded New Yorkers” was set up by the city and state for people who suffered damages from the historic flooding but didn’t qualify for aid…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

Brad Lander’s Basement Resident Protection Law would create a “basement board” to oversee the conversions and ensure residents of these apartments—called accessory dwelling units or ADUs—have access to tenants’ rights and…

ByLiz Donovan 4Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations News

Two Months After Ida, Only 32 Undocumented New Yorkers Have Received Storm Damage Relief Funds

So far, 85 undocumented applicants have been approved to receive the city and state joint relief assistance funds; another 33,000 survivors have been approved for FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program as…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York City Needs Basement Apartments Now More Than Ever

‘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…

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

Tenants in NYC’s Often-Illegal Basement Apartments Bore the Brunt of Ida Floods

New Yorkers who withstood the flooding inside their basement apartments—often unauthorized conversions that do not meet city safety standards—now face new hardships and fears, like dangerous mold, future flooding, and…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy