In New York's Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word 'cellar' is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to most property owners, but they're different under zoning and dwelling laws, and excluding cellars from the state's plan would omit a significant swath of below-grade housing stock from potential conversion, advocates say.

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