He noted that the department's board relaxed many rules in December, including the much-hated requirement that city bartenders and baristas wear hairnets, and eased requirements for a separate kitchen sink for washing food since it required the "costly and burdensome" installation of new sinks.
In 2009, state environmental officials also eased requirements for the company to check for spills of oil, ammonia or other contaminants in waterways to twice a month, instead of twice a week, records show.
The JOBS Act has been implemented by the SEC in stages: Title I in 2012, which eased requirements on on emerging growth companies, defined as companies with less than $1 billion in revenues.
De Blasio ended the policies of his GOP predecessors and eased requirements for welfare eligibility in New York City.
Suharto decreed the "October Package of 1988" (PAKTO 88) which eased requirements for establishing banks and extending credit; resulting in a 50% increase in number of banks from 1989 1991.
However, China's stock market gained slightly on news that the government would ease requirements for purchasing shares with credit.
In the new NATO, commanders would ease requirements that all members contribute proportionately to the common defense.
Grower groups have also urged the administration to ease requirements that they run newspaper advertisements to determine whether American workers want the jobs.
In addition, administration officials said, easing requirements would reward Israel for recent efforts under Prime Minister Ehud Barak to make peace with its Arab neighbors.
Also in December, the safety bureau moved to ease requirements on the maintenance of offshore oil and gas platforms, cutting costs by an additional $228 million over the next decade.
The legislation, from Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex). would "ease requirements for deducting individual property losses and allow people to draw on their retirement funds without penalty.
