They need a shit-ton of free permits to "ease the transition" to lower-carbon technologies, you see.
At a luncheon in New Brunswick on Tuesday sponsored by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Joseph Doria, the community affairs commissioner, said that he favored an expedited permit process to ease the backlog and encourage development.
It would, for instance, speed up the city permit process to ease construction costs for expanding companies, provide some improvements in industrial areas and strengthen the city's loan programs.
He said he was hopeful, though, that further talks would permit the United States to ease its ban on hiring Chinese rockets to launch satellites.
Brooklyn Borough President Sebastian Leone proposed that legislation be passed that would permit group riding to ease the taxicab situation to and from Kennedy and La Guardia air ports.
In the early days, it is giving away many of the required carbon permits for free to ease companies into the system.
In "From the Frozen North to the Eye of the Storm," the 40-year fight for shore protection on Fire Island is reduced to whether homeowners can convince the National Seashore superintendent to "ease permit requirements for the short-term beach and dune bolstering projects".
Gerard Stoddard, president of the Fire Island Association, said he hoped the arrival of Mr. Spirtes marked a change in approach by the park service and the Interior Department, and that the new superintendent would use his discretion to ease permit requirements for the short-term beach- and dune-bolstering projects.
Ten months in, there are lots of moving parts to the campaign to ease permitting and boost infrastructure projects.
During World War II Japanese imperial army soldiers were permitted to smoke marijuana to ease the stress of battle.
Now the island authorities are considering introducing berthing permits and charges to try to ease the congestion, says the paper.
