Tag: Basement Apartment

Citizens Housing & Planning Council staff members Sarah Watson and Howard Slatkin created a sign to the specifications in the Department of Building's proposed rules for basement apartment conversions, Dec. 3, 2025.

Basement Apartment

Basement Apartment Rules Get Low Marks From Housing Experts

by Samantha Maldonado This article was originally published on December 8 at 5 a.m. EST by THE CITY...

By THE CITY 12/09/2025 0

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Basement Apartment

Homeowners Ready to Legalize Basement Apartments Stuck in Red Tape

by Samantha Maldonado This article was originally published on July 14 5 a.m. EDT by THE CITY Van...

By THE CITY 07/15/2025 0

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Report Shows Little Progress in East NY Pilot Program to Convert Illegal Basement Apartments

Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments in...

By Kirstyn Brendlen 06/05/2023 0

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In New York There Is a Legal Difference Between a Basement and a Cellar

Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2016. Read the original here. Unbekno...

By Hannah Frishberg 11/02/2021 0