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An expediter could be a law firm but doesn’t have to be. Often they employ former city employees. Expediters are experts at navigating the city bureaucracy and
by bradleyjg 5y ago
An expediter could be a law firm but doesn’t have to be. Often they employ former city employees.
Expediters are experts at navigating the city bureaucracy and getting whatever license or permit is required. They are most commonly used by developers and bars but can be useful for all sorts of businesses.
- oh_sigh 5y agoWhat does "navigation" mean here? How does one navigate a system if they say call or email us, and when you call or email them, they ignore you? Is "navigate" just a euphemism for having a personal connection on the inside that you can get favors done by?
- makeitdouble 5y agoIf we’re talking about developpers, “navigation” would be straight bribing I guess.
- rtkwe 5y agoIt doesn't have to be personal favors, a lot of issues are knowing who to bug, how to effectively bug them to get what you want done, and the right answers to any regulatory questions. A lot of time at work half the fight of getting something done for me is finding the right person to talk to to get the request information we need to file.
- bradleyjg 5y agoAs rtkwe says, it can mean a range of things. Some are relatively innocuous like knowing what form to fill out, others are borderline like having worked with the relevant people before and having built up some good will, and there have been cases of outright corruption.