For months people in a Harlem housing project say they haven't been able to properly throw out their trash, so they called NY1 For You. NY1's Susan Jhun filed this report.
"The garbage is horrific. The smells are horrific," says Dorrine Keith, who lives at teh Carver Houses.
A condition brought on by broken trash compactors in this building at the Carver Houses in Harlem.
"We haven't had compactors that work since June," says Keith.
Tenants here say two months ago "out of order" signs appeared on trash chutes which were locked. Residents were then told to leave their garbage outside in the front of the building.
"When you come out of the building, you're fighting rats, you're fighting the stench," says Keith.
Although piles of trash line the entrance attracting rodents, residents say the New York City Housing Authority hasn't given them any information on when the garbage compactors will be fixed and the chutes opened.
" It's not fair to a person. People pay their rent and this is how we have to live, in these substandard conditions," Keith says.
We contacted NYCHA and the agency fixed the compactors, reopened all the trash chutes and cleared the garbage from the front of the building. A NYCHA spokeswoman apologized for the inconvenience to residents.
"Thanks to—I'm sure it was you all, I appreciate that," Keith says.
A stinky situation went out with the trash.