Midtown Community Board Says That's Enough with the Super Towers Already

May 20, 2015 — Right now, seven new mega towers are rising along Billionaires' Row, with five more in the works. Community Board 5's Sunshine Task Force says that's quite enough, thanks. The group, reports DNAinfo, is calling for a moratorium on new towers taller than 600 feet along the 57th Street corridor. According to Layla Law-Gisiko, the task force chair, "current zoning rules have not caught up with the supertall towers, which are newly possible because of technological advances." Law-Gisiko told DNAinfo that the task force is not interested in waging a war against development, but rather ensure "good, comprehensive zoning and planning." There are also other concerning issues that need to be addressed, the task force says, including access to air and sunlight, the manner in which these towers affect infrastructure, construction dangers, and tax loopholes that allow "owners to pay lower property taxes." The board also "wants condos registered under the names of actual people, rather than limited liability corporations [as well as] a pied-a-tierre tax to avoid the apartments becoming investment properties for owners who don't live there." Is this it for the shiny, glass mega towers?