Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his NYC Climate-Driven Rain Response plan Friday. That plan includes a task force, more warnings, and an increased focus on helping families who live in basement apartments. Housing advocates, like Chhaya CDC Executive Director Annetta Seecharan, are calling for a city-wide basement apartment conversion program. There's already a pilot program in East New York, but it's budget was drastically slashed during the pandemic. "What needs to happen, immediately, is the city needs to move toward a city-wide program that incentivizes, and again that doesn't penalize, to bring these apartments up to code quickly," Seecharran said. "It wouldn't prevent the climate disaster, but when the next climate disaster happens people can escape." The basement dwellings have become a focus of the state attorney general's as well. On Friday, Tish James urged the city to issued a special emergency housing vouched to New Yorkers living in unregulated basement apartments. "To prevent these problems in the future, we must also ensure that basement units are safe for human occupancy and regularly inspected. Overcoming the twin threats of climate change and a housing crisis will not be simple, but we must ensure measures are in place to protect our neighbors and prevent a future catastrophe," James said in a statement.
这些住地下室的要被迫搬到楼上更贵的地方了
感觉这么说就是挣卖白菜的钱操卖白粉的心啊
Housing advocates, like Chhaya CDC Executive Director Annetta Seecharan, are calling for a city-wide basement apartment conversion program. There's already a pilot program in East New York, but it's budget was drastically slashed during the pandemic.
"What needs to happen, immediately, is the city needs to move toward a city-wide program that incentivizes, and again that doesn't penalize, to bring these apartments up to code quickly," Seecharran said.
"It wouldn't prevent the climate disaster, but when the next climate disaster happens people can escape."
The basement dwellings have become a focus of the state attorney general's as well. On Friday, Tish James urged the city to issued a special emergency housing vouched to New Yorkers living in unregulated basement apartments.
"To prevent these problems in the future, we must also ensure that basement units are safe for human occupancy and regularly inspected. Overcoming the twin threats of climate change and a housing crisis will not be simple, but we must ensure measures are in place to protect our neighbors and prevent a future catastrophe," James said in a statement.
这个大叔很搞笑