For the last year, residents along East 10th Street say Department of Sanitation trucks have been stinking up their block.

"You don't see people as much on the street anymore because everyone is just running by or going elsewhere," said Marian Caracciolo, an East 10th Street resident. "It has really been disheartening."

On Sunday, they were joined by local elected officials calling on the Department of Sanitation to remove the garbage trucks that take up half of the parking on the block, adding that it is not just the lingering smells that are affecting their quality of life.

"Every morning around 6:30, when I am leaving for work, they are revving their engines and making so much noise," said David Jones, an East 10th Street resident.

According to at least five local businesses, the smell and noise are also turning customers away.

Before the trucks moved in, one restaurant on the corner of East 10th Street and First Avenue says their brunch crowd would normally pack their outdoor seating. On Sunday, during peak hours, there was not one person sitting outside.

"Last year was busy because we don't have the garbage trucks here on the street, and now after this happened, we are getting slow because people don't like to eat outside and smell this garbage truck," said Alfonso Santiago, manager of Tarallucci E Vino.

According to local elected officials, at least 20 other trucks just like these have also been relocated to residential blocks, prompting them to draft legislation to prevent it from happening in the future.

"If the city won't get these garage trucks off of East 10th Street, we will ban them through this legislation that we plan on introducing," said state Senator Brad Hoylman of Manhattan.

The DSNY says the trucks were relocated to East 10th Street after the department lost the lease to their Manhattan District 6 facility, and East 10th Street is just down the block from another one of their facilities.

"It is just stinky. It is gross," said Rachel Hacker, an East 10th Street resident. "I mean, I don't want to sit where I live to be with the trash, and it is basically just sitting in my front yard."

In a statement, the DSNY tells NY1 it promises to continue to search for a new location to relocate the trucks.