Unnamed Expert on Bridge Safety

They mean the roads and the power lines have to stay. And as Tyrone pulls around the corner, he points to several empty lots with a chain-link fence around them. There have been rumors. So why does this have a fence?

So they're really doing this?

So they're really doing this?

So they're really doing this?

This youth soccer league, which has more than 4,000 players, bought six acres of buyout land from the state. They plan to build a soccer complex with bleachers. There's talk of a clubhouse. And everyone's going to need somewhere to park. Is this what you thought was going to happen when you sold your property?

This youth soccer league, which has more than 4,000 players, bought six acres of buyout land from the state. They plan to build a soccer complex with bleachers. There's talk of a clubhouse. And everyone's going to need somewhere to park. Is this what you thought was going to happen when you sold your property?

This youth soccer league, which has more than 4,000 players, bought six acres of buyout land from the state. They plan to build a soccer complex with bleachers. There's talk of a clubhouse. And everyone's going to need somewhere to park. Is this what you thought was going to happen when you sold your property?

That's the vision then-Governor Andrew Cuomo had promised. Wetlands and oyster beds that would soak up stormwater like a sponge.

That's the vision then-Governor Andrew Cuomo had promised. Wetlands and oyster beds that would soak up stormwater like a sponge.

That's the vision then-Governor Andrew Cuomo had promised. Wetlands and oyster beds that would soak up stormwater like a sponge.

Bridget Wiltshire lives across the street from one of the proposed soccer fields.

Bridget Wiltshire lives across the street from one of the proposed soccer fields.

Bridget Wiltshire lives across the street from one of the proposed soccer fields.

What do you think, if you're looking around here in 10, 20 years, what are you going to see?

What do you think, if you're looking around here in 10, 20 years, what are you going to see?

What do you think, if you're looking around here in 10, 20 years, what are you going to see?

Really?

Really?

Really?

State and local officials have always said that would never happen. But 13 years is a long time. Vito Fussella is the borough president of Staten Island.