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Rising Floods for Basement Apartment Dwellers
Episode 71

Rising Floods for Basement Apartment Dwellers

Feet In 2 Worlds

April 9, 202431m 44s

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Show Notes

Over 100,000 people live in New York City basement apartments – most are immigrants. It’s an open secret that, while basement apartments offer cheap rent, they are potential death traps in a city experiencing more frequent and severe flooding due to climate change. Government programs to address the problem have largely failed.

Producer Emmy Brett asks where people go when there is nowhere safe or affordable to call home.

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