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During a two-month period last year, seven civic coalitions in New York neighborhoods like East Harlem and the South Bronx got permits from the city to close certain local streets to traffic for designated periods of time — say, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on a summer weekday.

The investment minister, Ashraf Salman, admits that in order to start a company, investors must get permits from 78 different agencies.

Landscape architects do the drawings, and community groups get permits from the Office of Community Beautification within the city's Department of Public Works.

The typical process to get permits from the Department of Buildings takes several weeks, and if you are in a landmarked building it takes even longer.

Americans cannot travel there freely, so many businessmen attach themselves to state officials as part of a delegation (and still must get permits from Washington).

The company spends countless hours getting permits from the Department of Transportation and other agencies to pull up manhole covers, divert traffic and use public rights-of-way.

Originally the bank tried to sell the house but gave up after several potential buyers were unable to get permits from the city.

Unlike in Zaatari where a long street of refugee-run shops sell everything from vegetables and grilled chicken to electronics and tools, refugees in Azraq must get permits from the government to set up shops.

In the making of Sky Ladder, she explains, they avoided getting permits from the government not because Sky Ladder is itself political but because any large-scale project requires going through a frustrating bureaucratic process.

However, Ms. Fink said, it generally is necessary to get permits from the Department of Buildings if any construction or alterations are necessary to convert a home into a community facility.

When Mills was unable to get permits from the Army Corps of Engineers to build on wetlands in the town of Carlstadt, the state in 2005 let Mills swap its 587 acres for a 66-acre tract at the sports complex.