A broken elevator might seem like a minor inconvenience but for one mother with a visual impairment, it can make life more difficult.

Yasmin Rodriguez has lived on Anthony Avenue for 14 years, but an elevator outage on Oct. 4 left her feeling like a prisoner in her home.

Rodriguez is blind and uses a home aide, so she says walking several flights of stairs from her sixth-floor apartment is dangerous.

News 12 spoke to the superintendent of the building with simply better apartment homes, who said there may possibly be a problem with the elevator door, but the super did not have a timeline for when repairs would be finished. He did state that a mechanic had visited the property this week.

In the meantime, the superintendent told News 12 that he had unlocked the roof to allow the tenants to cross to the neighboring tower that has a working elevator. However, Rodriguez says this is not a safe alternative due to her disability.

A sign posted to the property showed that the Department of Buildings issued a work permit for an elevator repair with a replacement on Sept. 17, well before the outage happened according to Rodriguez.