Shade matters, especially in the cooler months. But this particular loophole is about waste. Creating fake or needlessly large “mechanical voids” that do not co

Shade matters, especially in the cooler months. But this particular loophole is about waste. Creating fake or needlessly large “mechanical voids” that do not count toward your overall height so that you can make the building taller is just extraordinarily wasteful. Every piece of space is at a premium in Manhattan because density is so critical. Wasting that space should be disincentivized in every possible way.