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NYC basement apartments are still unregulated, despite Hurricane Ida deaths last fall

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.

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