2006 New York Code - Rates For Collection And Disposal.

 
    §  16-114  Rates  for  collection  and  disposal. The commissioner may
  charge for the collection  and  disposal  of  ashes,  street  sweepings,
  garbage,  refuse,  rubbish,  dead animals, night soil and offal, and all
  wastes, including trade waste from business, industrial,  manufacturing,
  or  other  establishments  conducted for profit, at rates established by
  the council by local law, upon recommendation of the  commissioner,  and
  on  such  terms  and  conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe and
  subject to  rules  of  the  department  governing  such  collection  and
  disposal.