context: Courts have consistently held that waste disposal is subject to regulation by municipalities pursuant to their police powers.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 550 U.S. 330, 344
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that two New York counties' ordinances governing the flow of solid waste does not violate the Commerce Clause, in part because "[w]aste disposal is both typically and traditionally a local government function" (alteration in original
citation_a.sentence: See Riley v. Monroe Cnty., 43 N.Y.2d 144, 400 N.Y.S.2d 801, 371 N.E.2d 520, 522 (1977) (characterizing waste disposal as an issue that “certainly affects the health and welfare of [the county’s] citizens” and is therefore subject to its police powers); Jamaica Recycling Corp. v. City of N.Y., 12 Misc.3d 276, 816 N.Y.S.2d 282, 291 (Sup.Ct.2006) (collecting “a long line of cases which hold that, in the exercise of their police powers, municipalities may regulate the disposal of solid waste”), aff'd, 38 A.D.3d 398, 832 N.Y.S.2d 40 (2007); cf. United Haulers Ass’n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 550 U.S. 330, 344, 127 S.Ct. 1786, 167 L.Ed.2d 655 (2007) (holding that two New York counties’ ordinances governing the flow of solid waste does not violate the Commerce Clause, in part because “[w]aste disposal is both typically and traditionally a local government function” (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted)); USA Recycling, Inc. v. Town of Babylon, 66 F.3d 1272, 1275 (2d Cir.1995) (“For ninety years, it has been settled law that garbage collection and disposal is a core function of local government in the United States.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: collecting "a long line of cases which hold that, in the exercise of their police powers, municipalities may regulate the disposal of solid waste"
citation_b.sentence: See Riley v. Monroe Cnty., 43 N.Y.2d 144, 400 N.Y.S.2d 801, 371 N.E.2d 520, 522 (1977) (characterizing waste disposal as an issue that “certainly affects the health and welfare of [the county’s] citizens” and is therefore subject to its police powers); Jamaica Recycling Corp. v. City of N.Y., 12 Misc.3d 276, 816 N.Y.S.2d 282, 291 (Sup.Ct.2006) (collecting “a long line of cases which hold that, in the exercise of their police powers, municipalities may regulate the disposal of solid waste”), aff'd, 38 A.D.3d 398, 832 N.Y.S.2d 40 (2007); cf. United Haulers Ass’n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 550 U.S. 330, 344, 127 S.Ct. 1786, 167 L.Ed.2d 655 (2007) (holding that two New York counties’ ordinances governing the flow of solid waste does not violate the Commerce Clause, in part because “[w]aste disposal is both typically and traditionally a local government function” (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted)); USA Recycling, Inc. v. Town of Babylon, 66 F.3d 1272, 1275 (2d Cir.1995) (“For ninety years, it has been settled law that garbage collection and disposal is a core function of local government in the United States.”).