Raymond Pignone reports for Columbia-Greene Media that construction could begin early next year for a new building for the Greene County District Attorney and Greene County Public Defender. On Oct. 18, the Greene County Legislature approved issuing $25 million in bond anticipation notes and spending $3.8 million in cash from unexpended fund balance to cover the total $28.8 million cost of the Greene County justice center. The building is going on the site of the former Greene County Sheriff’s office and county jail on Bridge Street behind the Greene County Courthouse in Catskill. A parking garage will be on the first floor of the new building. Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.