ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two apartments were evacuated as crews fought a fire on Lake Avenue Tuesday afternoon. News10NBC crews got to the scene near Phelps Avenue around 3 p.m., and here’s what it looked ...

“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 ...

Deborah Torres, right, talks to police officers in Queens, where three people died after their basement apartment flooded. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock Eight ...

The city of East Orange this week launched a new program aimed at protecting residents from unsafe apartments while helping ...

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 ...

More than a dozen people were killed in storm-related incidents in New York City after the remnants of Hurricane Ida slammed the region. Many of the victims were killed in basement apartments. Now, ...

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 ...

For New York City Council Member Darma Diaz, like so many others, an unsafe basement apartment once served as the only attainable option for housing. After many families living in illegal basement ...

The city allows some homeowners to create legal add-ons to their properties, known as accessory dwelling units.

The state Senate and the Assembly are close to passing legislation that would legalize the underground market of unregulated basement apartments in New York City. Legislators say these apartments ...

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 ...