EAST GREENBUSH — Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin warned the chair of the County Legislature in a letter on Tuesday that he would veto a proposal to pay contractors for costs accrued during a monthslong stop-work order at Hudson Valley Community College.
County legislators reviewed McLaughlin’s letter to Chairwoman Kelly Hoffman, which stated — among a list of concerns associated with construction of the Applied Technology Education Center — that money shouldn’t go toward a project initially halted for operating on campus without a permit.
Then, on the same day McLaughlin sent the letter, the Legislature passed the $1.9 million change order resolution…