Calls for change after 11 people in NYC basement apartments ... - ABC News
Sep 3, 2021 · The deaths of 11 people who lived in basement apartments during New York City's catastrophic flooding this week have renewed attention on the oftentimes illegal dwellings, with city officials ...
Potential loss of basements 'devastating' for tenants in south …
6 hours ago · London landlord's reno plan will cost tenants their basements. The landlord received approval from city council's planning committee on Tuesday to turn all the basements in the complex into rental ...
Cities And Homeowners Look For Ways To Prevent Flood Deaths In Basement ...
Sep 28, 2021 · Recent flood deaths highlighted the dangers of living in basement apartments. Experts are looking for ways to keep people safer below ground and alternative affordable housing so they won't have...
New York floods: Basement rescues spark climate change concerns - BBC
Sep 29, 2023 · An estimated 100,000 New Yorkers reside in a vast network of illegal basement dwellings that the impacts of climate change are remaking into "death traps".
How the Storm Turned Basement Apartments Into Death Traps
Sep 2, 2021 · At least 11 people were found dead in basements after torrential rains flooded New York City — nearly as many as those killed by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, where the storm made landfall. Share...
N.Y.C. Storm Deaths Highlight Shadow World of Basement ...
Sep 2, 2021 · The floods on Wednesday have placed fresh scrutiny on New York City’s regulation of basement apartments.
London landlord's reno plan will cost tenants their basements
13 hours ago · The change will take away basement space for each of the 15 existing tenants. (Google) A group of tenants in south London stand to lose access to their basements after council's planning committee ...
Notify NYC launches alert system to warn New Yorkers living in basement …
Apr 27, 2023 · NEW YORK -- New Yorkers living in basement apartments can now receive alerts on their phones about dangerous flooding. This comes after 11 people died in flooded basements during storms caused...
4 hurt in Brooklyn house explosion. Fire marshal finds ... - CBS News
Aug 30, 2024 · Fire marshals determined the explosion was likely caused by a natural gas leak in the basement, the FDNY said on social media. The Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order for three ...
NYC basement apartments are still unregulated, despite Hurricane …
Jul 12, 2022 · Almost a year after Hurricane Ida killed 11 residents of mostly-unregulated basement apartments in Queens, advocates say the city and state haven't done enough to make that type of housing safer.