basement legalization Archives

28

“By refusing to include the hardest-hit neighborhoods in the revamped pilot, New York State is complicit in the ongoing danger facing these residents. Basement safety is not a luxury, it’s…

BySandy Nurse

ByShekar Krishnan 1Comment

15

May 2025

Featured Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

Navigating NYC’s Housing Crisis Through Basement Living

For many low-income and immigrant New Yorkers, an unregulated basement or cellar unit is all they can afford. While the city has made efforts to legalize underground apartments, like a…

ByConnor Patton 7Comments

30

May 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

Late-Session Bill Would Add More NYC Neighborhoods to Basement Legalization Plan

“If it were up to me, all of New York City would be included,” said State Sen. Julia Salazar, who is looking to expand the state’s recently passed basement legalization…

ByChris Janaro 4Comments

29

Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019. The area…

ByChris Janaro 1Comment

01

Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

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

“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

26

Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

The legislation introduced in the City Council last week is geared at keeping tenants in flood-prone basement apartments out of harm’s way.

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

29

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

Opinion: A Storm is Coming. The State Must Act Now to Make Basement Apartments Safe.

Navigating NYC’s Housing Crisis Through Basement Living

Late-Session Bill Would Add More NYC Neighborhoods to Basement Legalization Plan

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

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

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

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

Newsletter

Opinion: A Storm is Coming. The State Must Act Now to Make Basement Apartments Safe.

Navigating NYC’s Housing Crisis Through Basement Living

Late-Session Bill Would Add More NYC Neighborhoods to Basement Legalization Plan

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

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

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

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

Newsletter

To better help City Limits know and serve our community, please select all that apply: