Mid-Hudson News reports that the Ulster County legislators voted July 19 to demolish the former Ulster County Jail on Golden Hill in Kingston to build affordable housing on the site. It will cost just under $1.4 million to tear down the old building. The vote to hire Gorick Construction Co. to take down the building was 19 to four, with county Legislator Joe Maloney among the opposed. “The people of this county including us were told that this demo was going t be done by Penrose, the developer who now we are trying to push through some bizarre multi-million grant as well. Nothing about this project has gone according to what we were told,” Maloney said. Read more about this story at Mid-Hudson News.