mechanical voids

Judge Engoron called the tower design a "blatant jacking-up of close to 200-feet."

The Board of Standards and Appeals' vote resulted in a tie, which favors the developer.

'You don’t have to be a zoning expert and look at that column and to know that it’s wrong,” Levy said. “It’s shocking to me.'

A proposed zoning amendment is intended to discourage developers from using mechanical spaces, also known as 'voids' to add extra height to buildings.