In some crowded cities, bike-sharing programmes or hefty levies on city-centre driving have yielded some success.
And the great man, who I believe even the staunchest Francophobe can sign up to, expressed his undying love for his adopted city, hefty women, unruly kids and all.
Instead, they are turning to various Indian nations, which take advantage of their status as sovereign nations to buy and sell cigarettes without having to pay or charge hefty state or city taxes.
New York City's surge in parking summonses may be costing motorists, but it has been a boon to traffic enforcement agents, at least a third of whom have substantially increased their pay with hefty overtime earnings, city records show.
Even as it argues for these adjustments, the report highlights what it describes as the success of mayoral control, including the hefty increase in city spending on education — that figure is $7.1 billion this year but was $4.8 billion in 2002 — and rising test scores and graduation rates.
Meanwhile, the city offers hefty allowances for diapers -- as long as they are cotton, to promote a cleaner environment.
The suspension meant that some police officers could be reassigned, but it denied the city a hefty source of revenue from parking tickets.
It follows the fanciful story collection "Men and Cartoons" (2004), the memoiristic criticism collection "The Disappointment Artist" (2005), the rock novel "You Don't Love Me Yet" (2007), and the, well, hefty Manhattan novel "Chronic City" (2009).
"You'd need a big, long, hefty show like Holby City to really do it, you'd need agreements with the Writers Guild, and you'd need a producer willing to have the same 10 writers write a year of Holby.
The parking meters, said González, are probably an attempt to appease the European Union, which has threatened the city with hefty fines if it fails to improve its air quality.
He went on to thank Sting and the Police for their hefty donation to the city for the planting of trees.
