{"id":181634,"date":"2026-04-01T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181634\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:15:08","slug":"push-to-help-nyc-homeowners-legally-build-new-small-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/181634\/","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":2,"featured_media":181635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[378,25,377,379,9,24,12,56,63,65,64,380,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-181634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-app-inside-city-hall","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-inside-city-hall-segments","11":"tag-inside-city-hall-shows","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nyc-headlines","18":"tag-nyc-news","19":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}