NEW YORK (PIX11) – Tiny homes are a step closer to becoming a reality in New York City. The skyline won’t change, but 80,000 units of housing could be created and almost hidden in plain sight. The ...

New York’s bid to bring thousands of illegal basement apartments up to code is landing with a thud as housing advocates warn that proposed rules could scare off the very homeowners the program is ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Buildings is holding a hearing next week on a proposal to legalize basement apartments. The plan would allow homeowners to build small secondary homes in their basements or backyards ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Authorities have identified the two men who died in flooded basements in New York City on Thursday afternoon. So much rain fell in such a short period that streets became ...

Due to the severe floods, following a storm over New York, USA, many buildings have been affected by the excess of water, which has left some residents cleaning up the mess. This video filmer recorded ...

“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 ...