Two state lawmakers say they're introducing a bill to expand a just-approved basement legalization plan after their colleagues carved dozens of districts out of a measure to ease the safe, lawful ...

Many New Yorkers looking for an affordable place to live find themselves in illegal basement units in the outer boroughs. The relatively low rent, often around $1,500, is enticing, but there is a ...

“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 is excluded from ...

Mar. 11—WATERTOWN — Relief should soon be coming to homeowners whose basements are affected by chronic flooding within the Western Outfall Sewer Basin. The city finalizing a pilot program to prevent ...

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“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 pathway to more neighborhoods.