Residents of Rutland Plaza say they’ve spent the past three years living in dangerous and degrading conditions — including contaminated sewage water, mosquito-infested, trash-strewn hallways, a crumbling structure and a building with virtually no security — all without any support from their management company, Amistad Management Corporation.

Demanding justice, a group of Rutland Plaza residents traveled 44 minutes to the Amistad Management Corporation on Long Island, all to call for support from Robyn Lucas, the managing agent.

Patricia Sullivan, a longtime resident of Rutland Plaza, says she no longer feels safe in her own home. The one security guard responsible for all five buildings and 428 units abandoned the post months ago and never returned. To make matters worse, the front doors of the 80 East 93rd St. building are routinely left unlocked — forcing residents to fend for themselves and, as Sullivan puts it, act like "neighborhood vigilantes.”

"Mold, poor ventilation, security issues, loitering, and crime and unlocked doors - we need more security," Sullivan shouted into a megaphone in front of the Amistad Management Corporation building.

Within the last two years along, there have been nearly 700 reported complaints and violations combined, according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Additionally, crime has been rampant throughout the building. Just this past January, News 12 reported on a story of two teenagers found shot in the building lobby. The next month, News 12 returned to the complex to find tenants reporting of health conditions related to the surrounding sewage waste.

At the time, HPD told News 12 that the building has been placed in the agency’s Alternative Enforcement Program — an initiative aimed at increasing oversight and corrective action in some of the city's most severely neglected properties.

When asked about the response from Lucas or the Amistad Management Corporation, residents like Simone Martin say their calls for help have gone unaddressed. "[The Amistad Management Corporation] say they're taking care of it, or they have somebody looking at it," says Martin. "They have many violations, and they take their problems out on the people who are not causing the problems."

In addition to the unsanitary conditions, Sullivan and other residents say they were recently hit with a rent hike — for some, nearly doubling the average amount.

"I was paying $1,665 and all of a sudden, [the Amistad Management Corporation] raised it up to $2,335," Sullivan said.

Amid growing concerns for their physical safety, financial stability, and emotional well-being, residents say they hope their rally, and tenant meeting on Aug. 14 will finally compel Amistad Management Corporation to respond—and deliver the justice they’ve long been fighting for.