Safety of basement apartments in New York under scrutiny after deadly Ida flooding
CBSN
More than a dozen people were killed in storm-related incidents in New York City after the remnants of Hurricane Ida slammed the region. Many of the victims were killed in basement apartments.
Now, there's renewed scrutiny over their safety. "We need to make sure that the affordable housing is resilient and safe and protected, and often times, it's not," Brendan Cheney, director of policy at the New York Housing Conference, told CBS New York.More Related News
