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

Thousands of New Yorkers living in basement apartments without basic safety protections could soon see their homes legalized under long-awaited rules the city released this week — more than four years ...

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At least two people have died in separate basement flooding incidents in New York City Thursday as record-setting rain ...

Two men died during a record-breaking rainfall that drenched the New York City metro area Thursday afternoon — a 39-year-old man found unconscious and unresponsive in a flooded basement in ...

The two men were found dead in flooded basements in Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan, The New York Times reported. One was trapped when he went back to his Flatbush apartment to rescue a dog. A diver ...

A deluge of rainfall assaulted the New York City metro area Wednesday night into Thursday, leading to numerous fatalities, and is being described by AccuWeather forecasters as "the most significant ...

A building fire that tore through a Mount Vernon, New York, apartment complex has displaced all 250 residents, authorities ...

Floodlight reports NYC's Edgemere community feels neglected amid flood risks, despite seawall construction promises and ...

At 3:57 a.m. on Thursday, the National Weather Service issued an updated coastal flood statement valid between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. for the Bronx. The weather service states, "Up to one half foot of ...