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New York City’s illegally converted apartments proved deadly in Ida’s path
By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Most of the homes where residents were found dead in New York City after the remnants of Ida battered the region were illegally converted basement or cellar apartments, city officials said Friday. An analysis that was done by the city’s buildings department in the aftermath of Wednesday’s massive
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