Well, except maybe for the Citicorp buidling. (Read about it here ). My girlfriend used to work in that building (after the structural problem was fixed, thank goodness) but it was an eery feeling to walk into the building knowing its history. I also saw an episode on the History Channel about it. According to those interviews, city engineers literally were afraid that a moderate-strength hurricane could topple the Citicorp building and start a domino effect in Midtown. Of course, it was all kept hush-hush at the time while they frantically made secret modifications to the building without even the occupants knowing what was going on.

And let's not forget that everyone "knew" that modern high rises didn't/couldn't collapse due to a fire, and yet both World Trade Towers and World Trade 7 collapsed after burning for hours. So, never say never since life is often stranger than fiction.

But, again, the newer NYC high rises are not the buildings that routinely collapsed or have their brick facades spontaneously shear off from time to time even without an earthquake. If there was a 5.0 in NYC, especially if it lasted for longer than just a quick jolt, I certainly wouldn't want to be in or near any of those kinds of buildings.