As homeowners face rising monthly expenses for utilities, insurance, property taxes and loan payments, they may look around their home and see potential revenue from an unused basement. Fantasizing ...

Thousands of New Yorkers living in basement apartments without basic safety protections could soon see their homes legalized ...

Scoring a great deal on an English basement can feel pretty bright. Living in one, however, can leave tenants feeling in the dark. The subterranean rentals, which usually rely on tiny, ground-level ...

NYC has published draft guidelines to launch a pilot program legalizing basement apartments for qualifying one- and ...

KEW GARDENS, Queens (WABC) -- A 7 On Your Side undercover investigation exposed illegal apartments rented and outfitted with bunk beds to house up to eight people. But with doors nailed shut, tenants' ...

After residents packed Huntington Town Hall Tuesday night to debate the merits and drawbacks of a proposal to legalize basement apartments, supporters of the plan said they will sift through comments ...

For too long, too many New Yorkers have been forced into dangerous basement and cellar set ups just to find a place to live." ...

For many low-income and immigrant New Yorkers, an unregulated basement or cellar unit is all they can afford. While the city has made efforts to legalize underground apartments, like a pilot program ...