New Rochelle, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Section 163-20, last amended in 2017, governs how the City funds and schedules its mandatory residential collection service. Under Subsection B, added in 2003, the City Council establishes a residential refuse fee to defray the cost of collecting, transporting and disposing of solid waste and recyclables from every improved property containing dwelling units. The fee is computed by multiplying the number of dwelling units on a tax lot, as shown on the current assessment roll, by a per-unit rate set in Chapter 133, Fees, and it is billed annually as a separate line item on the real property tax bill.

If a fee is not paid by November 30 of the billing year, interest accrues at 2% per month, and, under General Municipal Law § 120-cc, the unpaid balance becomes a lien on the property effective January 1 of the following year, collected the same way as delinquent City taxes. Subsection A separately lets owners of multifamily buildings with three or more units contract for additional pickups beyond the Department of Public Works' regularly established schedule; those contracts require a three-month fee deposit, $1,000,000 of liability insurance naming the City as additional insured, and 100% tenant participation in an existing recycling program before the extra service is approved.