No he didn’t forget. He blames Sandy on global warming.
He’s trying to say, that years ago New York didn’t experience such storms. That is factually incorrect, but it’s doubtful anyone in the media will challenge him on facts of previous hurricanes hitting New York.
So much for me reading headlines only, but I have an excuse. I find the entire line of Coumos so repulsive that I refuse to spend my time on them. I'm a born & raised NY'er, older than this Coumo, and we did have hurricanes and all sorts of wacky weather.
And what’s amusing about the attempt to attribute Sandy to global warming was that the waters it spawned in were not exceptionally warm ; and the reason it was so huge and strong was that it collided with a cold front.