BASE - Basement Apartments Safe for Everyone

01/27/2021

On January 26th 2021, the BASE campaign formally launched our 2021 Blueprint for the BASE Campaign. This included a framework for legislation, the changes we want to see, and a pledge for candidates to sign on to.

01/27/2021

We just released our BASE pledge and already have 10 candidates across the city who have signed on. We want to thank
Severino for City Council
Julia Forman for City Council
Shahana Hanif for City Council
Brandon West for City Council
Jaslin Kaur for City Council District 23
Amit for Council
Kim Moscaritolo for City Council
Felicia Singh for City Council
Aleda for Council
Rita Joseph for City Council

We are hoping that candidates in every council district sign on to fight for our blueprint and to . If you haven't signed on you can at
https://forms.gle/mZFHyRodHau85iyw7

You can also request a PDF of the pledge to print out and sign on to. With your help, we can bring the 400k+ units into the affordable housing landscape.

07/07/2020

Do you live in a Basement Apartment? Then the Census is for you too. Detractors of Basement Apartments often use the rhetoric that Basement Apartments take away resources from the community, this can't be further from the truth. The only thing that can take away resources is an Undercount. Get counted today! Filling out the Census will not jeopardize your housing situation but can only improve your neighborhood.

06/16/2020

Mayor Bill de Blasio needs to restore basement funding, how are our communities supposed to shelter and feel safe without access to housing. Thank you to our partners at Pratt Center for Community Development

05/06/2020

Today we will be advocating against the cuts NYC is making to the Basement Pilot Program. This pilot was promised to the community of East New York when it was rezoned in 2016 as a way to help homeowners convert their basements to legally rentable apartments, and ensure tenants have a safe place to call home with the same rights as any other tenants. The lessons from this pilot are meant to guide the implementation of a citywide program that could bring tens of thousands of legal, safe, affordable housing to neighborhoods across New York City.

We will be using the Hashtag across twitter, Facebook, and Instagram from 11am to 1pm. Additionally, residents in East New York will call their elected officials, the city, and the mayors office to demand the city save the Basement Pilot Program. Join us on any platform and help uplift this campaign, affordable housing, and future of Basement and ADU apartments in NYC.

The infographic is available in Bangla and Spanish in the comments. Follow us on twitter for more graphics, sample tweets, and updates.

05/05/2020

Sign our open letter to
Mayor Bill de Blasio New York City Council and
Speaker Corey Johnson to save the East New York Basement Pilot - a promise made to East New York and an opportunity for a future with tens of thousands of new affordable, legal basement apartments across NYC.

Dear Speaker Johnson and Council Members Adams, Ayala, Barron, Cabrera, Chin, Cornegy, Cumbo, Deutsch, Eugene, Gjonaj, Kallos, Lander…

05/04/2020

Visit us on Twitter for up to date information about our campaign and future actions!

The latest Tweets from NYC Base Campaign (). The NYC BASE Campaign is a coalition of community groups, advocates, lawyers and planners fighting to make NYC basement apartments safe, legal & affordable. New York City

02/13/2020

https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/mayor-aims-for-apartments-in-basements-garages-and-yards.html

We are excited that the Mayor is fulfilling his campaign promise to legalize ADUs and Basements in NYC. But there is still a long road ahead of us and this campaign, we need more than promises, we need action. That is why you should get involved today! Email us at [email protected] to get more informed.

City Hall’s plan would offer $150 million in low-interest loans to boost affordable housing and ease homeowner burdens by legalizing the dwellings.