In New York City, the basement floors of most buildings pose a conundrum for public officials. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of New Yorkers live in basement and cellar apartments, ...

“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 a matter of ...

New Yorkers looking to build apartments in their basements and backyards just got some long-awaited clarity from the city on how to do so. The Department of Buildings on Tuesday published its proposed ...

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 ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced a pilot program to let landlords bring illegal underground units up to code. Under the proposed plan, people would be allowed to remain in illegal units in cases where ...