“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 ...

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 an office building in downtown Manhattan, an 8-foot-long banner stretched across the length of a fluorescent-lit hallway. Five-inch-tall red letters indicated the location of an entrance to a ...

Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is $4,140, according to RENTCafé data. But far too ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cut up human remains of a woman were reportedly found in an apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, Feb. 1, ...

The Long Island man who was arrested last year after allegedly firing multiple rounds of his semi-automatic rifle from his basement apartment, hitting neighboring homes, pleaded guilty to drug and ...

Bulletin: ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of ...

Landlords could face consequences after Tropical Storm Ida killed 11 people in flooded basement apartments last week. Gothamist reported police are investigating six separate incidents, which could ...