The City of East Orange is cracking down on illegal basement apartments, while also helping landlords bring their properties up to code.
The program, called S.O.S., or “Save Ourselves,” is the latest push from City Hall to address unsafe, unregistered units that often go unnoticed until an emergency happens.
“If we don’t know people are in the basement and a fire breaks out, people can get hurt and harmed and die,” East Orange Mayor Ted Green said…