New York City’s tens of thousands of basement units drew renewed attention after Hurricane Ida flooded homes throughout the area in September 2021, killing 13 people, including 11 who were trapped in basement apartments at the time of the storm.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Parking rules, ceiling heights and soaring costs are torpedoing efforts to make basement apartments safer for low-income and immigrant New Yorkers, despite the city’s attempts to bring existing units up to code, a new analysis shows.
New York City’s tens of thousands of basement units drew renewed attention after Hurricane Ida flooded homes throughout the area in September 2021,at the time of the storm. Slatkin said many of the safety requirements make sense, like installing multiple exits, retrofitting windows to serve as escape hatches or installing sprinkler systems. But other measures, like forcing owners to add a parking space or dig out their foundations to add a few extra inches of ceiling height, add unnecessary costs or automatically disqualify buildings.
The steep costs of bringing basement units online also led many building owners to drop out of the pilot program, according to the report. “We can create new rules that are focused on safety but are much simpler and more cost effective to getting there,” he said. “Today, because you’re not allowed to legalize some of these units at all these safety improvements are impossible.”
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