Suit alleges breach of contract in Schenectady sanitary sewer system project

SCHENECTADY – The city faces a $1.75 million lawsuit alleging breach of contract from a contractor making upgrades to the city's sanitary sewer system as part of a state mandate to stop discharging untreated sewage into the Mohawk River.The suit, filed in December in state Supreme Court in Schenectady County, indicates BCI Construction, Inc. of Albany "encountered differing subsurface and physical conditions" after signing a contract with the city to do the work at Schenectady's waste wate