Jersey City residents accuse landlord of planting dead fish in apartment to force them out to raise rent [Video]

JERSEY CITY (WABC) — Tenants living inside a rent-controlled building in Jersey City say something stinks and they say their landlord is to blame.

Over the past few months, they accuse him of going to some pretty extreme measures to try and force them out of the unit that they’ve called home for more than a decade in order to increase rent prices.

Their relationship, you can call it — rancid.

Residents showed video of rotting, decaying dead fish inside a rent-controlled apartment.

According to residents of 336 New York Avenue in Jersey City, the landlord, who is based in Brooklyn, is harassing them to push them out.

“It pains your soul a little bit thinking about it, you’re wondering if this is a dangerous place to live, if you should just leave,” resident Irene Rosenthal said.

Anna Bassett lives on the first floor and earlier this year, she and other residents detected a horrible odor coming from an apartment.

They called …