Two state lawmakers say they're introducing a bill to expand a just-approved basement legalization plan after their colleagues carved dozens of districts out of a measure to ease the safe, lawful ...

If you convert your basement without planning permission and it later transpires that you should have submitted an ...

Many New Yorkers looking for an affordable place to live find themselves in illegal basement units in the outer boroughs. The relatively low rent, often around $1,500, is enticing, but there is a ...