I wouldn't use the predicate "pose risk", but yes, the difference between 36 floors and 42 floors seems meaningful. This North Tower in Atlanta I found slightl

I wouldn't use the predicate "pose risk", but yes, the difference between 36 floors and 42 floors seems meaningful. This North Tower in Atlanta I found slightly-but-consistently oppressive was and is only 29 stories (403 feet): https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/9208476088/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/9208476088/in/photostre... More importantly, even at 36 floors, the building under discussion would already have been much taller than most of the buildings around it: https://cdn.chime.me/elegran-image/52cfa1bca73e6f084f007545-13.jpg https://cdn.chime.me/elegran-image/52cfa1bca73e6f084f007545-... There are thousands of tall buildings in Manhattan, so in the grand scheme of things, one tall building doesn't matter much to any non-hysterical person, but you already know that, so maybe I am missing something about your question. In general, I'm for removing many kinds of restrictions on housing construction, including in Manhattan, just not restrictions on building height although I'm not a fan of the way Manhattan's restrictions work, where the excess height of one building can be "offset" (by the owner of the one paying money to the owner of the other) by another landowner's choosing to build shorter than it is allowed to build, which allowed blights on the landscape like 432 Park Avenue, the very tall building in the left half of this photo: https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/6143755d91beee6179a37990/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/432Park_Ext02.jpg https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/6143755d91beee6... Contrast those photos of Manhattan with these 2 of K Street in DC (which has height restrictions that cannot be offset like Manhattan's can): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Washington_DC_K_at_17th_street_winter.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Washingt... https://jamesposey.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1401-K-St-0005.jpg https://jamesposey.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1401-K-St-...