Grab your noses, folks. While New York City has always been aromatic, it’s been a particularly pungent year so far, with smell complaints soaring higher than the Freedom Tower itself. With 5,332 stench reports to NYC’s non-emergency 311 hotline already this year, 2026 is shaping up to be quite a stinker — and we haven’t yet even hit the peak summer stink season. This summer could very well be a full-on nasal assault in NYC. fotofabrika – stock.adobe.com In fact, during the highly aromatic period from May 1 through July 31 last year, a whopping 4,093 smell complaints were logged, according to an analysis by The Post — a marked increase from the same period in 2024, which saw 3,756 calls.…