Q: We just learned that the county tax assessor is counting our basement as an additional bedroom. This increases the appraised value of our home and requires us to pay higher taxes. We've never ...

The future of a plan to bring more illegal New York City basement apartments out of the shadows and up to code could depend on whether Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers can reach a wide-ranging ...

hi, im interested in converting my basement into a rental office. leaving aside the mixed use/c of o issues, which i think im ok on, my question is whether there is also a ceiling height rule for ...