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Neighbors oppose Stewart’s Shops plan near Cohoes falls; Albany County board adds advisory notes
Summary
Albany County Planning Board reviewed Stewart’s Shops’ proposal to replace LePage’s market with a fuel-and-convenience store on North Mohawk Street in Cohoes. Neighbors raised concerns about gas sales, early-morning deliveries, noise, traffic and visual impacts; the board added advisory notes and required state-level reviews.
Albany County Planning Board members voted to add advisory notes and recommended state and federal reviews after hearing strong neighborhood opposition to a proposed Stewart’s Shops redevelopment at 340–342 North Mohawk Street in the City of Cohoes.
The project, which would demolish the existing LaPage’s market and construct a Stewart’s convenience store with gasoline sales, was introduced to the board with staff recommendations for modified local approval and two specific advisory reviews: a review by the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for potential impacts to archaeological and historic resources, and review by the New York State Department of…
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