[antinimby]

^ And unfortunately the politicians end up listening to them even though they are a very small minority. I read somewhere that most regular NY’ers (the silent majority) are not against tall buildings. But because of how it is set up (people that don’t object to towers are not going to fight for them while the few that do object to towers are always going to work on fighting them) the most vocal minority gets their voices heard and zoning laws catered to and passed based on their NIMBY complaints.

All the downzonings, height limits, etc. throughout the city are the result of NIMBYs complaining about “overdevelopment, non-contextual buildings, traffic, etc.”