This stinks!
East Village residents are having to endure the stench from a convoy of city garbage trucks that are parked on their residential block — even though Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to end the malodorous practice months ago.
“It’s like a wall of stench as you approach 10th Street. It’s unbelievable,” fumed resident Michelle Lang, 49.
Lang called it “upsetting that our mayor thinks it’s OK to be running around the country, running for president and leaving garbage trucks parked outside of people’s homes.”
“That could be his campaign slogan: Garbage trucks for everyone,” she said bitterly.
The four trucks sit on East 10th Street, between First and Second avenues, overnight from 7 p.m. to around 6 a.m., and all day on Sundays.
De Blasio promised to clean up the problem in September when a reporter asked him about it at an unrelated news conference.
“The bottom line to your question — do we want garbage trucks parked on residential streets? Of course not,” Hizzoner said.
He vowed to talk to Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia to “figure out what we can do to relieve the immediate pressure.”
“We certainly don’t want those residential areas to feel the burden,” he claimed.
But residents haven’t seen — or smelled — any changes.
“Yes, a lot of the trucks are lined up here at night, and it’s so f–king annoying,” said Monica, a 27-year-old local who declined to give her last name.
“I’ll hold my nose when I leave for work so I don’t breathe in putrid smell at 5:45 a.m. I wouldn’t recommend moving to this block unless you enjoy smelling rotten eggs.”
A local college student, Olivia Garcia, echoed the complaints.
“The trucks contribute to the entire street smelling like trash,” the 20-year-old told The Post.
“They give the neighborhood a garbage vibe.”
She added: “It’s the first thing I’ll see in the morning when I walk outside. I’d rather walk on a different street than 10th.”