Something Fishy Leads Nuns to Sue Their Tenants

Nuns who own a rent-stabilized New York City apartment building have filed a lawsuit against tenants for creating "foul" and "noxious" odors that were so strong that building workers reportedly thought there was a dead body inside the apartment. According to the New York Daily News, the source of the smell was actually fish, which the tenants cooked or smoked regularly.

The nuns' lawsuit, which describes the odor as "similar to that of vomit or rotting meat," follows the building management's unsuccessful attempts to get the tenants to stop the offensive cooking. The nuns, who already have lost a tenant over this, are asking the court for $75,000 in damages.