{"id":18619,"date":"2018-11-10T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/east-new-york-basement-apartment-legalization-one-step-closer-with-upcoming-city-council-hearing\/"},"modified":"2018-11-10T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T16:25:07","slug":"east-new-york-basement-apartment-legalization-one-step-closer-with-upcoming-city-council-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/east-new-york-basement-apartment-legalization-one-step-closer-with-upcoming-city-council-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"East New York Basement Apartment Legalization One Step Closer With Upcoming City Council Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years the De Blasio administration has been pushing for a plan to legalize basement apartments in Brooklyn, beginning with East New York.&nbsp; The plan is now in the hands of the City Council, as they prepare for a November 13, 2018 hearing.<\/p>\n<p>East New York will be the first neighborhood to test the plan, which will help landlords legalize their basement apartments.&nbsp; The idea is that basement apartments will increase the housing inventory for New Yorkers, while bringing illegal basement apartments to code, in terms of safety.&nbsp; &nbsp;New York City is prepared to provide assistance to the landlords in the form of low-cost loans, to be used to bring their basement apartments to code.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/\">EastNewYork.com<\/a> for updates on the process.<\/p>\n<p>Read more articles on NYC basemant apartment legalization:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/east-new-york-basement-apt-conversion-program-deadline-for-community-based-organizations-to-respond-is-aug-15\/\">East New York Basement Apt Conversion Program Deadline for Community Based Organizations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastnewyork.com\/nyc-pilot-program-to-make-basement-apartments-legal-ready-to-begin-in-east-new-york\/\">NYC Pilot Program to Make Basemant Apartments LEgal Ready To Begin in East New York<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years the De Blasio administration has been pushing for a plan to legalize basement apartments in Brooklyn, beginning with East New York.&nbsp; The plan is now in the hands of the City Council, as they prepare for a November 13, 2018 hearing. 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