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    Boat Traffic on Mohawk River Expected to Increase With Opening of Schenectady Casino

    Boat Traffic on Mohawk River Expected to Increase With Opening of Schenectady Casino

    ALBANY, N.Y. -- Boat traffic on the Mohawk River is expected to increase dramatically when Rivers Casino opens next year. As development of the site nears completion, the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office is looking to expand their marine patrol unit. More than 20 miles of the Mohawk River is monitored by just two marine patrol officers with one boat. “We go from just outside Niskayuna, that’s just east of lock 7, all the way to the Montgomery County line,” said Lt. Jason T
    Schenectady casino build ahead of schedule

    Schenectady casino build ahead of schedule

    SCHENECTADY — The Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor will be the first full-scale casino to open in upstate New York, according to members of the state Gaming Commission. Three members of the Gaming Commission visited the Mohawk Harbor site in Schenectady on Monday to take a look at the progress of construction on the casino, which Rush Street Gaming CEO Greg Carlin says is ahead of schedule. The $330 million casino is going up fast, with the adjacent parking garage also
    Commission OKs retail building at Mohawk Harbor site

    Commission OKs retail building at Mohawk Harbor site

    SCHENECTADY — The city Planning Commission approved a retail building at the Mohawk Harbor site and single-family homes along Barrett Street during a meeting Wednesday evening. The commission unanimously OK’d the Galesi Group’s proposal for a coffee shop and bank by the future Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor and a total of 25 single-family homes proposed by a group of local investors on Barrett Street and Seminary Place. The coffee shop and bank would take up about
    Casino, and more, rise at Schenectady's Mohawk Harbor

    Casino, and more, rise at Schenectady's Mohawk Harbor

    The Rivers Casino & Resort at Schenectady's Mohawk Harbor is starting to take shape. Overlooking the manmade harbor, steel has risen for the $330 million casino project, which includes a parking garage and boutique hotel. Also in the works at the site: A 206-apartment building with retail on the first floor and a new 68,000-square-foot office building. All three projects are being managed by LeChase Construction, on land owned and developed by The Galesi Group. Those projects
    Building with bank and coffee shop planned for Rivers Casino site

    Building with bank and coffee shop planned for Rivers Casino site

    SCHENECTADY — The Galesi Group is proposing a retail building by the future casino to house a coffee shop and a bank, both with a drive-thru. The Rotterdam developer is seeking site plan approval from the city Planning Commission next week for a 4,000-square-foot building that will house a coffee shop and a bank to serve people coming in and out of the Mohawk Harbor site. The proposed building would be situated at the corner of Erie Boulevard and Rush Street near the entrance
    Galesi eyes dock to attract larger boats at Mohawk Harbor

    Galesi eyes dock to attract larger boats at Mohawk Harbor

    Photo Credit: P.E.Pasternak, Schenectadian SCHENECTADY — The Galesi Group is seeking state funding to build a dock that will accommodate tour boats at the Mohawk Harbor site. The city applied on Galesi’s behalf for $1.5 million in state funding as part of the state’s Regional Economic Development Council awards, which are typically held at the end of the year. David Buicko, CEO of Galesi, said the harbor on site cannot fit boats more than 40 or 50 feet and that adding a 1,000
    All In: Schenectady's Future with a Casino

    All In: Schenectady's Future with a Casino

    PHILADELPHIA, PA. — On the western shore of the Delaware River in Philadelphia, north of Interstate 676, lies the historic Fishtown neighborhood. It is one of the city’s oldest industrial neighborhoods, dating back to the fishing industry in the 1700’s. By the turn of the 21st century, Fishtown was a failing neighborhood, and many of Philadelphia’s legacy industries had pulled out, leaving a landscape of shuttered factories and empty warehouses. But over the past decade the t
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