A house on Staten Island has been frozen in time—virtually untouched in the two and a half years since it was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed this report.

Step inside 222 Freeborn Street—and it's like Hurricane Sandy just happened. 

The owner died two weeks before the storm, and after the floodwaters tore through the home, there was no one to clear it up. 

The house has sat untouched ever since.  

"It's like a movie," says Aimann Youssef.  

Chairs are overturned and rusted, and mud-caked debris is everywhere. 

A bed seems to be suspended in air; the surging waters lifted it off the ground and tossed it against the wall. 

"Everywhere you look, there's mold. Everywhere. Take a look. Even his pictures even has mold on it," Youssef says. 

Youssef runs the Half Man Table, a local charity meant to help Sandy victims recover. 

He says residents have been worrying about the home and the mold inside for a long time. 

Joan Brodick lives across the street.

"I've called numerous times on this, 311, since the flood. Nobody does nothing, nothing," she says. 

The Department of Buildings says it received only one complaint about 222 Freeborn street, back in 2013. 

When when its inspectors checked the house, they found that while it was vacant, it wasn't technically unguarded. The windows were closed and the doors were locked—conditions that, under city rules, meant the house was not abandoned.  

Inspectors haven't been back since because of what he calls an on-going issue with abandoned houses in this neighborhood since Hurricane Sandy, Youssef is calling on elected officials to come up with legislation to finally deal with the problem:"

"Let's take care of these empty houses, and let's move forward. Let's rebuild the community by taking off these houses," Youssef says. 

The city could try to foreclose for nonpayment of taxes, but that hasn't happened yet.

City Councilman Steve Matteo has proposed a law to deal with such houses. His proposal would allow city agencies to inspect seemingly abandoned, flood-damaged homes and remove mold or other dangerous conditions. 

Before the bill can be voted on, hearings must be held, and it's unclear when those will be scheduled.