Larry Rulison and Amanda Fries report in the Albany Times Union that Amazon may open a one million-square-foot distribution center in Rensselaer County, it was revealed at a June 18 Schodack Town Planning Board meeting. Tenant representative Eric Murray confirmed Amazon is working with Scannell Properties to build a large fulfillment center on 116 acres between Interstate 90 and Route 9. Scannell Properties spokesperson Andrea Martone told the Times Union, "It's too premature in the process to comment. They just don't want us to comment." Last week, the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency, said it would give the developer a 50 percent cut on its property taxes over a 10-year period, a deviation from its typical property tax incentive plan. But the planning board meeting was filled with local residents who oppose the project. "If they're doing such a great job, they have nothing to lose in doing a Type 1 (Environmental Impact Study)," resident Barbara Spink said. "It's less about providing jobs, and more about a rich corporation making money off the rest of us." Not all, though, were against the proposal. "By letting this project go forward, you're improving this town," Eric Leonard said. "It's a start - for some a very difficult start. I think in the very end it's going to lift everything up for the town." Read the full story in the Albany Times Union.