SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Speedway location on 229 Brandywine Avenue in Schenectady, will reopen after just 24 hours of being closed after the city ordered it to shut down. Speedway’s management met with the city, and as a result, the gas station will reopen tonight at midnight.
“Based on their good faith effort that they’ve shown today, we’re looking to lift that order tonight at midnight and so that they will be back in business,” McCarthy said. “Hopefully we’re going to see a series of changes and the public will have a more enjoyable experience when they stop at Speedway on Brandywine Avenue.”
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The gas station was served with a Nuisance Abatement Notice pursuant to Section 183-1(B) of the City of Schenectady Code. The law states 12 nuisance points in one year, or 18 points within 24 months is enough to establish nuisance conditions. Speedway had received 107 nuisance points within the last year and 128 points in the last 24 months, the highest number of points a business has received since the law was established 25 years ago.
“We want businesses to be successful, but we also want to send the message out to other businesses that we’re serious. We want them to play by the rules,” McCarthy said. “We want them to add value not only to their own business, but to their neighborhood and their community as a whole.”…