Putrid Staten Island smell almost knocked me to the ground: A first-hand account

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It was just after 10 a.m. on Friday when my phone rang.

Deborah Phelps-Seda had left me a message. I had interviewed the Bulls Head mom of two earlier this week about a recurring sewer-like smell that had been plaguing her and other residents on her Merrill Avenue block.

She said she had been woken up at 3 a.m. by the disgusting odor. And it was bad. The family was planning on leaving the home for the day again to escape it…

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