NYC basement apartments remain unregulated, despite Hurricane Ida deaths last summer

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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.

WNYC’s Gwynne Hogan reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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