{"id":696393,"date":"2026-04-01T04:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/696393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:15","slug":"push-to-help-nyc-homeowners-legally-build-new-small-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/696393\/","title":{"rendered":"Push to help NYC homeowners legally build new small units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the Mamdani administration rolled out a new set of tools for homeowners to make extra income by adding accessory dwelling units to their property.<\/p>\n<p>An ADU is a small building on the same lot as your main house, like a backyard cottage. But it can also be attached to your property in the form of a basement apartment or garage conversion.<\/p>\n<p>The city has a new guide called \u201cADU For You,\u201d which features a library of pre-approved designs, feasibility and cost-estimating tools.<\/p>\n<p>The city is also reopening applications for a program that will provide financial and technical support for eligible homeowners looking to add an ADU to their property.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Department of Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on \u201cInside City Hall\u201d to discuss more.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the video player above to watch the interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this month, the Mamdani administration rolled out a new set of tools for homeowners to make extra&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":696394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,40910,7448,40909,40911,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,13570,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-696393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-inside-city-hall","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-inside-city-hall-segments","12":"tag-inside-city-hall-shows","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116327472665616178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}