The Sept. 9 four-alarm fire at the Jefferson Apartments on Forward Avenue was deemed electrical and accidental in nature. It ...

A second alarm fire in Greenwood Heights injured 12 people Sunday night. Police say the fire started in the basement of an apartment building on 27th Street after 9:30pm. Fire spread to first floor, ...

Halton Police have responded to an incident involving a storage locker in a building complex near Kerr Village. Authorities say the incident took place sometime between June 18 and June 20, 2025, ...

New York Rangers forward Brett Berard has caught attention after spending his offseason living in the basement of a family home in Darien, Connecticut. The 22-year-old, currently in the final year of ...

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 ...

A New Jersey man who was renting a basement apartment was fatally shot by his landlord Sunday while trying to break into the unit with a harpoon. Amir Ali, 33, was shot while trying to force his way ...

“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 ...

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, ...

New York City this week released proposed guidelines for building small homes in basements, backyards, garages, and other parts of existing properties. The Department of Buildings and the Department ...

Vanita Maloney knows there’s more than enough room in her home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, to house other New Yorkers. She’s eager to rent out her basement. But she can’t. A city pilot program to ...

A signature Adams administration “City of Yes” housing program became law last month, but needed rules and a promised online portal still haven’t materialized. Vanita Maloney knows there’s more than ...