"Municipalities like ours cannot be left alone on the frontline," she wrote.
Experts say that for big municipalities like Nassau, such outdated figures are unheard of.
Residents in municipalities like these now must travel to collection points in sometimes distant locations if they want to recycle.
Many entities have already applied for new extensions, including Amazon, Google and municipalities like New York City.
Municipalities like Maastricht, in easy driving distance from Belgium, France and Germany, have become regional drug supply hubs.
About 30 municipalities -- like North Haledon, in Passaic County -- have passed resolutions or ordinances prohibiting the feeding of geese.
Other municipalities, like Katowice, about an hour's drive west of Krakow, are using drones to monitor household emissions.
Other municipalities, like Hastings-on-Hudson, have abandoned similar plans for their waterfront, in large part because of public opposition.
Previously, the commission jurisdiction was excluded from municipalities like White Plains, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle and Peekskill.
Municipalities like New York City, which depend on state finances to fill their needs, could face serious cash flow problems.
But struggling municipalities like Woonsocket don't have a lot of fat; cutting means reducing or eliminating programs that citizens depend on.
