Sandy's wrath on Staten Island

>>> in order to form a more perfect union the island is bigger than some of our biggest cities like boston, pittsburgh, miami, san francisco , and it is bigger than washington d.c. where it's fate was decided. in 1834 congress settled the disbute by declaring that sat ten island belonged to new york . it has the smallest population of the five bureaus but it still means that it has more people than new orleans and it is a big piece of america. overshadowed by bigger pieces called brooklyn, queens and man h man tan. to see all of it would be to rewrite new york city . it is the place where wild deer run across roadways. it is a place apart five miles on the ferry from manhattan and it might as well be a world away. it has almost everything that the rest of new york city has expect skyscrapers but it has much more. where ever you live in america staten island has a street that looks like a street in your town. rich streets with mansions, small town streets with han handsohand some homes. if you get lost in the middle of stat ten it is easy to forget about it. and it is very for new yorkers in the other bureaus to forget about staten island . i know countless new yorkers who have never been there and never seen it. and that is fine most of the type. it doesn't rely on tourism for any of its vitality. it welcomes tourists to see the sights like the oldest house on the island built in 1662 . but if the rest of new york wants to ignore it. that is all right. most of the people they love and care about live on staten island . new york 's mayors and police commissioners never have to worry about it. it always has the lowest crime rate. but tonight while life in most of the rest of the bureaus in new york city is getting back to normal it is suffering the most. most people on the island do not have electricity more than half of the 37 storm related deaths in new york city have occurred on staten island . 19 dead on staten island alone. tonight, staten island doesn't want to be ignored. for once, staten island needs help from city hall but staten island needs more than new york 's help. it needs america's help. [