US skyscraper milestone: closing in on 100 towers over 800' tall

[Crawford]

There's no definition of "approved" projects. What does that even mean?

In many places around the world, there's no zoning. So theoretically, billions of supertalls are "approved", as they have the right to rise.

In NYC, I don't know what "approved" would mean. A tower is allowed as-of-right, or it isn't. There isn't an approvals process, unless a developer is seeking a rare variance.