Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, center, talks with city council members Vincent Ignizio, left, and James S. Oddo while visiting a parks department project to build sand dunes at Crescent Beach in Staten Island, NY on Oct. 29, 2013. Bloomberg visited storm-affected sites in Staten Island, The Rockaways and Coney Island on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. | Mayor Bloomberg Sandy Anniversary - The New York Times

Brian Harkin Photography Archive | Mayor Bloomberg Sandy Anniversary - The New York Times | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, center, talks with city council members Vincent Ignizio, left, and James S. Oddo while visiting a parks department project to build sand dunes at Crescent Beach in Staten Island, NY on Oct. 29, 2013. Bloomberg visited storm-affected sites in Staten Island, The Rockaways and Coney Island on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, center, talks with city council members Vincent Ignizio, left, and James S. Oddo while visiting a parks department project to build sand dunes at Crescent Beach in Staten Island, NY on Oct. 29, 2013. Bloomberg visited storm-affected sites in Staten Island, The Rockaways and Coney Island on the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.