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A New York City landlord is making headlines after speaking out against a $1,000 fine he received for the supposed smell of ‘animal waste’ by he instead claims it’s a misunderstanding and the smell actually came from a crop dusted atomic fart, something he shouldn’t have to pay up for.
‘New York City landlords are misunderstood and mistreated figures’ said nobody ever. But I’m here to defend this man. If he said he ripped a fart then my dude ripped a fart.
The NYPost has the exclusive on this story, they write:
John Crotty, co-owner of the East 147th Street Housing Development Fund Corp., got socked with a $1,000 summons from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the stink, which an inspector identified as resembling “animal waste.”
But Crotty is crying foul — telling The Post the only thing that stinks, is the summons. “This is totally outrageous,” Crotty said, denying there being animal waste in his building. “It’s a fart complaint,” he added, joking that maybe the health inspector got “crop-dusted.”
This is a cause near and dear to my heart right now. I sat with my 5.5yo son last night as he told me that he gets made fun of by kids in class, ‘bullied’ but those were my words and not his, whenever he ‘toots in class’ and someone hears it. I tried to explain that you have to always go to the bathroom but he’s smart enough to know that’s not always possible.
Nobody, not my son, not this landlord, should be unfairly punished or bullied for ripping atomic farts capable of peeling paint off the walls!
Not content to just take the NYC landlord at his word about the fart, the Post spoke to neighbors who claimed that the “neighborhood did smell like s— for a few days” but that the smell had subsided and everything was back to normal now. By all accounts, it was the neighborhood that was coughing up juicy lucys from the bowels below and not the landlord.
The citation claims there was animal waste on the property, something the NYC landlord disputes. That is still a matter up for debate even though it shouldn’t be. If there was evidence of animal waste then there should be pictures. It’s as simple as that.
Ultimately, the landlord shouldn’t have to pay a dime because everyone knows the rules! He who smelt it, dealt it. It is clearly the inspector or whoever called in the complaint that is at fault here as they were the first to bring the fart smell to the public’s attention. He who smelt it, dealt it!