Under a deal brokered last year, the Port Authority agreed to trade the Brooklyn Marine Terminal for the city’s Howland Hook Marine Terminal in Staten Island. The plan’s advancement hinged on two-thirds of task force members giving it a thumbs up. While trying to get a critical mass of support, EDC postponed the vote five times over the past year. Voting on this plan does not mean our work is done,” said Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn), a vice-chair of the task force who supports the plan. The RFEI, Reynoso said, will help to see if that bears out or if there’s potential for the port to be a bigger part of the plan.