A landlord is raising a stink over the city fining him for a foul odor in his Bronx building — which he claims is just a “fart complaint.”
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.”
“A nuisance condition exists in that a foul odor resembling animal waste was detected at the bottom of [the] stairwell located at [the] lower-level front exterior of the premises,” reads the Sept. 23 violation, issued by health inspector Eric Han at the 21-unit apartment building at 539 East 147th Street.
Minimum penalty: $1,000, a copy of the violation says.
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.