The phrase "asking for a moratorium" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when requesting a temporary suspension or delay of a particular activity or process.
Example: "The environmental group is asking for a moratorium on the construction project until further studies are conducted."
Alternatives: "requesting a pause" or "seeking a delay".
I am not asking for a moratorium on American imports: simply a recognition that there is a world elsewhere.
A similar bill in New York asking for a moratorium, sponsored by Assemblyman Steven C. Englebright, a Democrat from Long Island, was tabled last summer.
Councilman Domenic M. Recchia Jr. of Brooklyn said he planned to write a letter to New York City's parks department asking for a moratorium on helicopter flying in the park "until we find out what exactly transpired".
More recently, a group of lawyers, clerics and other notables filed a brief with the Illinois Supreme Court asking for a moratorium on executions and the establishment of a commission to study the capital-punishment process.
In October last year, just before the United Nations climate talks in Paris, scientists joined campaigners and advocates to sign an open letter to world leaders asking for a moratorium on new coalmines in Australia.
In May, the California Reinvestment Coalition, a nonprofit group which seeks to promote access to credit in low-income families, wrote to lenders asking for a moratorium on foreclosures.
I contacted DDOT, the mayor and my ward's D.C. Council member to ask for a moratorium on installing LED streetlights until DDOT responds to the health and environmental issues and considers the wishes of their constituents.
Last week Dubai World, the state-backed conglomerate that owns some of Dubai's largest developers including Nakheel, the company behind the Palm islands and many of the other huge projects, asked for a moratorium on debt repayments while it renegotiated part of the £60bn-odd it reportedly owes.
"The mayor, [Denis ] Coderrehas asked for a moratorium on the decision," city official Jacques-Alain Lavallée told VICE News in an email.
Wednesday Update: Concerned New Yorkers can call State Senate Rules Committee members to ask then support the Addabo Bill # S7592A which asks for a Moratorium on High Volume Horizontal Slick Water Hydrofracking until 120 days after the EPA (federal) study is complete.
