castillo s death, people have been asking why it is still standing here. five days after the 16-year-old tumbled seven stories to his death inside of an elevator shaft in the abandoned staten island hospital and after his grieving father demanded answers i want the truth. reporter: a permit has been issued for the building s demolition. why they wait till something happen to take it out? they should take it out before. reporter: tuesday cbs 2 news asked the staten island borough president that very question, why were he and his friends able to access the building? we pushed to have this eyesore become something that s a positive for the community. reporter: but there was no security? yeah that s a tragedy. reporter: and he says ownership of the structure was in legal limbo, stalling any action. officials with the city s department of buildings say the abandoned site is owned by shore holdings uk which list island law firm. there was a building that had a d