SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB)- A long-vacant stretch of land in Schenectady’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood is moving closer to redevelopment, with an environmental cleanup planned ahead of construction on a major mixed-use project that includes a grocery store and affordable housing.
The property, once home to an auto repair shop and car dealership, is slated for cleanup work that will include removing underground and above-ground storage tanks and testing soil before building begins.
Oil changes and other work may have contributed to contamination…